I couldn't agry more. We must let the world see how good Linux is. Then Microsoft is nowhere!
Cheers, Ronald -----Original Message----- From: Simpson, Doug [mailto:DSimpson@;friedmancorp.com] Sent: donderdag 14 november 2002 16:55 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: bill gates bribes ... uh, invests $400 million in india There is a saying amongst NGOs - "Tainted money taint enough." I am sorry but I cannot help but to think of something I once saw while I worked in a very depressed part of Chicago. There were pushers on every street corner. One day I witnessed people lining up in front of one of these street corner business men. I asked a fellow work what was up and he replied that the crack dealer was giving it away for free. Good business because he knew that the people that day he gave it to be back after they were hooked and buy it. When the people of India or Peru or Chicago want the next generation Microsoft product then that is when we will see if Bill is a pusher or a donator. Therefore instead of bitching let's start "pushing" Linux and Open Source software. Bill can't give it away forever, but Open Source can. By the way what philanthropy does Redhat do?? Doug -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:achana@;saysit.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 5:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: bill gates bribes ... uh, invests $400 million in india Please, sir, I am from under-developed country. Bribe me with USD400 millions. GBP even better. Poor Man Chan "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > > um ... some of you folks *definitely* need to evolve a > sense of humor. > > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Gautam P wrote: > > > Well, the 400m $ for the Health Sector development > > in India given by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is > > in the first place, there is no $400M for the health > sector department. as every news article has clearly > described, that amount is the *total* investment that > microsoft is making in india. that includes a reported > $100M in microsoft's software development center in > hyderabad, and another $20M for computer training > for teachers and students at government-run schools. > > and you can bet that those teachers and students won't > be learning anything about the wonders of open source. > except, perhaps, that it's anti-business, a "cancer", > and so on. > > > not a "bribe" to the local politicians of India as > > quoted by Robert's local newspaper. That is total > > "BULLSHIT". These local newspapers and media can goto > > any length to demean a nation's government or a > > software giant with "NO PROOF". If any Indian govt. > > official reads that article, he will sue the local > > newspaper for "n" million $ to prove the theory. > > my local paper never used the word "bribe". *i* used > that word. it's called satire. sheesh. > > > If any person puts his money in a good cause like > > AIDS control, we should not demean him by referring > > the aid as a bribe ! > > and it is, of course, a complete conicidence that bill > gates -- a convicted monopolist -- would show up in > india, flinging money around, and offering piles of > free "training" just after officials in india's > department of information technology publicized details > of the "Linux India Initiative". > > investing part of your staggering fortune in helping > those less fortunate, particularly those with AIDS, > is a laudable and noble gesture. > > doing the same as part of a cynical, opportunistic > strategy to crush your competition is not. > > rday > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
