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Gates: Open Source Kills Jobs
theodp writes "On the Malaysian leg of a whirlwind Asian tour, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates voiced his concerns over the growing goodwill towards open source, especially in Asia, emphasizing how damaging open source software can be. 'If you don't want to create jobs or intellectual property, then there is a tendency to develop open source. It is not something you do as a day job. If you want to give it away, you work on it at night,' he said. Gates, who apparently has never contended with the horrors of a VB upgrade, when on to say that '[Open source] doesn't guarantee upward compatibility.'"
Why not paint all american's in the same light?
... when your president was 'elected', it was a good friend of his that was in charge of the vote counting in Florida. It was a good friend of his that made sure only 'eligible' people were on the voter registration list. it was Dubya and brother Jeb that gauranteed that no matter what Florida would elected Bush. ... and then you ignored the results of several investigations that proved your president wasn't elected fairly.
hmmmm
Let's see
Essentially your country had a non-military coup, where a man who's family has recieved $1.4 billion in play money over the last couple decades from Saudi Arabia was put in power to pay back those debts.
You dumbasses allowed your president to send over 900 americans to their death, and killed many thousands of civilians to fight a war in Iraq based on a lie.
The WMD's were destroyed in the first gulf war, none have been found in the year since "mission accomplished"
In fact YOU GAVE the WMD technology to Iraq in the 80's for Hussein to use against Iran! It is your own damn fault!
There was never a link between 911 and Hussein, and no WMD's yet you invaded a sovereign nation that had not attacked you, murdered their people, and destroyed their lives (which were relatively stable despite Hussein).
If you dumbasses didn't spend all your time making the rest of the world hate you so much, then the world would be so much more of a peaceful place.
You let your media convince your dumbass citizens that Canada was a traitor to freedom when they saw through the lies and refused to join in on a war over a lie.
Take a step outside your borders. Its true. We all do hate you for what you've done around the world for the last 20 years.
You stupid fools didn't even realize that the Bin Laden family was a major investor in the US defense companies that have been making major profits from supplying the war effort. Making war has made the terrorist family richer, is giving them billions more to use against you. But its ok, you don't mind, because the Bin Laden's are such good friends with Bush.
YOU WONDER WHY YOU GET STEREOTYPED!?!
Gates is not merely wrong, he KNOWS he's wrong. He's just LYING. It's that simple.
He's like Bush and Cheney - "I keep saying there was a connection between Saddam and Al Qaeda - because there was a connection."
It's pure self-serving lies. Nothing here to analyze.
Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!
American Jobs for American Workers. Stop this obscene betrayal of American Workers, led to believe that the IT revolution would change their lives, only to have the promise betrayed by their own government. UNIONS NOW! PROTECTIONS NOW!! Remember, it's your CHILDREN who will suffer from letting these predatory foreigners take your jobs, your homes, and your careers. DON'T TOLERATE THEM at work. Shun them and ostracize them and above all DON'T HIRE THEM. If you know of an illegal H1B report him immediately to the US. Department of Commerce. Find a lawyer and sue the company that you know hires them. I lost my home and my fortune because these vultures took my career away. Do what you have to do to stop them.
Speaking as someone who has more than ten years experience in the trades (electrician, plumber, carpenter, and more); and who has done, like most of my colleagues, thousands of hours of volunteer work, all I can say is that despite any qualifications you might have, you fail the human being test, and are also a Damned Fool.
Fuck You, greedy prick. If the only thing that you have to do is to troll with idiot comments like the one you produced here, then all I have to say to you is Get A Life and start contributing. Otherwise other people might decide not to help you out when you need it.
Moron.
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
Heh. So many contractors on Slashdot. You'd think the real world was full of small companies literally filled to the brim with contractors, one at each desk, all diligently working to the letter of their contract, not one iota more, because thats what's in their contract.
The real world is full of salaried employees who do their job in the hope that the company can be profitable and therefore the employee can have a stable job future. Often times they work long hours during the last stages of the project knowing full well that management isn't to blame, it's the team's fault, for not having put in the necessary hard hours earlier in the project, for not communicating with their team workers so that everyone's on the same page and not duplicating or wasting effort.
Contractors are found at large companies who don't know any better and are willing to pay a premium for someone who'll screw them over at the drop of a hat.
Small companies need employees who can get the work done on time so that they can remain profitable. Management, like contractors think of it, don't exist at small companies. Do the job right or be fired, and if you are a contractor, and waffle over contract points, you'll be effectively blacklisted in the Old Boy Network, preventing you from getting a job with a number of small companies in the area.