Get on the 'Gates for President' Bandwagon

netbuzz writes "Dilbert's Scott Adams kicked off the idea in his November 19th blog post, saying there isn't anything wrong with this country that President Bill Gates couldn't cure in less time than it takes to get a new operating system out the door. Today, the idea is moving forward with a brand-new 'Bill Gates for President' Web site. Adams is also back on the campaign trail, flogging the site and Gates' candidacy." A blog post at Network World includes a lot of eye-rolling about this idea, but neither Adams nor the folks at the 'Gates for President' website seem to be taking this lightly.

Comments

Re:Worst idea I've ever heard.

[QuantumG]

Well shit, I want a pony, and I want it to eat only sugar cubes and sleep in the garage when I'm not riding it and not take up too much space. But that's not how ponies are. Don't cry for the moon.

Re:A Real Review of Bill Gates

[srussell]

Why isn't anyone discussing how his years of experience both managing a bank account the size of a small country's GDP and running a huge corporation would be beneficial/detrimental to him being a President?

Wow.

Ok: how about the fact that the OS he developed is a bloated, buggy piece of crap? How about the shitty security of the OS his company produces? How about the fact that his company has been -- for as long as I can remember -- unable to meet their deadlines? How about the fact that his company assumes that the customers are criminals, until proven innocent? How about the fact that his company seems to spend more time trying to figure out how to squeeze more money out of the customers, than actually fixing things? How about the fact that the US is a democracy, and Microsoft is a dictatorship -- a dictatorship where you don't have to worry about pissing off other people in your industry? How about the fact that the company he ran has been convicted of a crime (being a monopoly)?

Man. There are more reasons for Gates to not be president than I have time to write about. But that would be rich, wouldn't it? Talk about America being run by corporations. We've got enough trouble with no-bid contracts in the US without putting another crook in office.

--- SER

Re:Uh...

[Moofie]

It doesn't take smarts to build a business, if you're willing to break the law.

Re:A Real Review of Bill Gates

[Bent Mind]

Why isn't anyone discussing how his years of experience both managing a bank account the size of a small country's GDP and running a huge corporation would be beneficial/detrimental to him being a President?

I'll take your second point first. I've meet a few large corporation CEOs in my lifetime. They are generally good at managing other managers. Put them in charge of regular people and they fail miserably. The main reason for this seems to be a complete lack of understanding of the common person. CEOs spend all of their time with like-minded people. You won't find them at the bar down the street.

On the positive side, the same could be said of the President. Has anyone on Slashdot ever sat down and had a beer with the President? However, without an understanding of the common person, and with corporate interests at heart, you end up with a government that favors corporations over the common person.

As for the management of money, that's the CFO's job. I've never met a businessman that didn't point to their accountant when it comes to matters involving money.