Agreed. One of the reasons I sent in this story was to counteract the idea one user had (although it wasn't serious, just humourous) that I was Bill Gates because I had posted a comment earlier about how I thought the numerous personal attacks on Bill were a little childish. I'm not nessecarily pro-MS, but I still don't think we need things like that here.
Hey all,
I'm new to Slashdot and I know arguing with your guys' values is not the way to get off to a good start in this kind of community. However, I wonder - is it really nessecary to have a modified picture of Bill Gates based on an obscure Star Trek reference as a 'figurehead' for news items in the Microsoft category? I know you guys hate Microsoft. I don't nessecarily agree with that, though I'm not a n00b and I know there's a lot of evidence against them, but I do accept it. However, personal attacks towards Bill Gates - even humorous ones - seem a little childish to me. How many of you know the man personally? The fact is that as of now, he doesn't actually have a great deal to do with what his company does. It's been a good time since he was actually the CEO. That's not to say that he never has been, I would be idiotic to make such a claim - but until somebody can provide believable evidence that they've met Bill Gates personally and he was as bad as he's said to be, I don't think these kind of things are nessecary.
That's just my two cents, though - by all means, keep doing what you're doing;)
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Agreed. One of the reasons I sent in this story was to counteract the idea one user had (although it wasn't serious, just humourous) that I was Bill Gates because I had posted a comment earlier about how I thought the numerous personal attacks on Bill were a little childish. I'm not nessecarily pro-MS, but I still don't think we need things like that here.
seems to be a little slow. Or is it just me?
Hey all, I'm new to Slashdot and I know arguing with your guys' values is not the way to get off to a good start in this kind of community. However, I wonder - is it really nessecary to have a modified picture of Bill Gates based on an obscure Star Trek reference as a 'figurehead' for news items in the Microsoft category? I know you guys hate Microsoft. I don't nessecarily agree with that, though I'm not a n00b and I know there's a lot of evidence against them, but I do accept it. However, personal attacks towards Bill Gates - even humorous ones - seem a little childish to me. How many of you know the man personally? The fact is that as of now, he doesn't actually have a great deal to do with what his company does. It's been a good time since he was actually the CEO. That's not to say that he never has been, I would be idiotic to make such a claim - but until somebody can provide believable evidence that they've met Bill Gates personally and he was as bad as he's said to be, I don't think these kind of things are nessecary. That's just my two cents, though - by all means, keep doing what you're doing ;)