Big businessmen have never been friends of the free market, they have always been only too happy to lobby for as much taxpayer money as they can lay their hands on.
Can you give specifics please? Otherwise you're just tossing off generalizations like they were beads at a Mardi Gras parade... And by the way, oil and car companies and Wal-Mart don't count. They've been the scapegoats for far too long and used as the basis for 99% of all false claims made about big business.
AHEM! We don't need the Kyoto Protocols. They're a joke. What we need is for people to stop sitting around on their thumbs and actually do something about this issue. So what if Gates is motivated by profit. What entrepreneur isn't? As someone wrote, the article isn't comparing Gates to Einstein, the article is reminding us that there was a time in this county when America was oblivious to an obvious threat (nuclear weapons) and how someone expressed his concern to the president. Gates simply did the same thing Einstein did and that was to express his concern to the president over America's declining lead in innovation. Like him or not, Gates developed a business out of a need and I don't see anyone out there even TRYING to compete with him. If you try and tell me that it's because Microsoft has the better marketing department, then start a company and do what Microsoft did...lure the best away from Microsoft and use them against Microsoft! Stop whining about how big and bad Microsoft is and do something to compete with them otherwise shut the hell up about it.
As for Microsoft investing in alternative energy, I think that if Bill Gates is so adamant that America develop alternative energy, then create a second company that does just that. I just know that the people who are whining about Microsoft dominating the PC industry will be the same whiners who complain about Gates' energy company dominating that industry. Frankly, Gates can't win. Give the guy some credit. No one else has done what he has. Maybe you're just jealous...
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Big businessmen have never been friends of the free market, they have always been only too happy to lobby for as much taxpayer money as they can lay their hands on.
Can you give specifics please? Otherwise you're just tossing off generalizations like they were beads at a Mardi Gras parade... And by the way, oil and car companies and Wal-Mart don't count. They've been the scapegoats for far too long and used as the basis for 99% of all false claims made about big business.
AHEM! We don't need the Kyoto Protocols. They're a joke. What we need is for people to stop sitting around on their thumbs and actually do something about this issue. So what if Gates is motivated by profit. What entrepreneur isn't? As someone wrote, the article isn't comparing Gates to Einstein, the article is reminding us that there was a time in this county when America was oblivious to an obvious threat (nuclear weapons) and how someone expressed his concern to the president. Gates simply did the same thing Einstein did and that was to express his concern to the president over America's declining lead in innovation. Like him or not, Gates developed a business out of a need and I don't see anyone out there even TRYING to compete with him. If you try and tell me that it's because Microsoft has the better marketing department, then start a company and do what Microsoft did...lure the best away from Microsoft and use them against Microsoft! Stop whining about how big and bad Microsoft is and do something to compete with them otherwise shut the hell up about it. As for Microsoft investing in alternative energy, I think that if Bill Gates is so adamant that America develop alternative energy, then create a second company that does just that. I just know that the people who are whining about Microsoft dominating the PC industry will be the same whiners who complain about Gates' energy company dominating that industry. Frankly, Gates can't win. Give the guy some credit. No one else has done what he has. Maybe you're just jealous...