____/ [H]omer on Saturday 15 March 2008 22:48 : \____
> Linonut wrote:
>
>> ... Petitioning Congress to "Maintain U.S. Innovation Lead".
>>
>>
http://www.programmersguild.org/docs/rebuttal_to_bill_gates_congress_march2008.html
>>
>> Gates said he is optimistic that information technology will continue
>> to transform business productivity and the quality of our day-to-day
>> lives, adding that private companies alone cannot ensure that the
>> U.S. will remain the pre-eminent force in innovation. "Without
>> leadership from Congress and the president ... and the commitment of
>> the private sector to do its part, the center of progress will shift
>> to other nations that are more committed to the pursuit of
>> innovation," Gates said.
>>
>> Is that an admission of failure, or what?
>
> Dunno, but it does seem to be heavily encrypted bullshit. Let's try a
> translation:
>
> [para-quote]
> Gates said lobbying; bribery and sabotage will ensure that Microsoft
> technology will continue to lock-in businesses to Microsoft productivity
> software, and increase the quality of Microsoft shareholders' lives,
> adding that legitimate business alone cannot ensure that the U.S. will
> be able to spread the disease of its sick; right-wing; extremist
> ideologies, and thus dominate the global market with monopolisation.
> "Without the pressure of political sanctions; the threat of military
> intervention; and the general principle that America has the right to
> police the rest of the world, being promoted and supported by Congress
> and the president ... and the support of equally corrupt private sector
> entities like Blackwater and Microsoft, to do our part, the Axis of
> Power will shift to other nations that are more committed to the pursuit
> of freedom", Gates (should have) said.
> [/para-quote]
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
>> Worse, it assumes every company is in the same situation as
>> Microsoft.
>
> Actually I just assumed that Gates rather narcissistically thinks that
> Microsoft /is/ the "private sector".
“It’s possible, you can never know, that the universe exists only for me. If
so, it’s sure going well for me, I must admit.”
–Bill Gates, TIME magazine Vol. 149, No. 2 (13 January 1997)
>> Maybe the subject line should be "Bill Gates pulls a Chrysler".
>
> Or "Gates claims God infringes Microsoft's IP".
Everything's possible. Microsoft owns the smiley. Does Mr. God smile?
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