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Bill Gates bids farewell

Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Bill Gates, Abramoff, Preston Gates, vision, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Mortgage meltdown: Tech stocks' gain?

Mortgage meltdown: Tech stocks' gain?Out of Country Monied Elite stand to loose BillionsAs one who does not invest but has sold expert systems to fund managers, let me spin this a bit differently. It is not a mortgage meltdown but rather a return to traditional US values that explains the...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Brilliance, Preston Gates, tax, Abramoff, Bill Neukom

Discussion threads 2007-08-24

Washington Post shoots for closer Web, print ties

Washington Post shoots for closer Web, print tiesGates Family Newspaper AbramoffGates Family Newspaper AbramoffSlate, an e-zine started by Microsoft, was purchased by the Washington Post. Today Melinda Gates, wife of the co-founder of Microsoft, sits on the Board of the Washington Post. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, has a bridge...

Tags: Business ethics, Web, Gates Family Newspaper Abramoff, Washington Post Co., Preston Gates, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-02

Microsoft, HP to join forces on enterprise software

Microsoft, HP to join forces on enterprise softwareLet us not forget about Robert GatesMany feel that the connection between Bill Gates Microsoft and Robert Gates (C.I.A/SOD) goes far beyond that of just name alone.Though Mr. Mighetto has done an excellent job of laying out the connection between the law firm...

Tags: enterprise software, Preston Gates, Microsoft Corp., Abramoff, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2006-12-12

Hewlett-Packard loses services chief

Hewlett-Packard loses services chiefIs it possible that HP stole customer identities?This has to be some kind of a message. "For Personal Reasons" doesn't cut it when President Hurd's job is questionable. The only thing I can think it means is that the Services group at HP was also involved in...

Tags: Identity theft, Hewlett-Packard Co., Preston Gates, Abramoff

Discussion threads 2006-10-27

Google, Real extend pact

Google, Real extend pactAnd... Firefox officially loses to Internet Explorer 7.Someone actually touched Real's "software." That company needs to go under, immediately. I don't even want them trying to make an honest attempt at good software. Between them and three or four other "Premium Bloatware!" companies, the Windows platform has...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Digital music, Digital media, Preston Gates, Slade, Maria Cantwell, Google Inc., RealNetworks Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-08-03

CNET gets subpoena over options grants

CNET gets subpoena over options grantsShouldn't ZDNet disclose it's affilliation with CNet.In that they're pretty much the same company. While it is a snap from Reuters, it's just good reporting.Blame the BillsBill Gates and Bill Neukom in association with the accounting firm Deloitte and Toosh are to blame. In...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Bill Neukom, Preston Gates, Abramoff

Discussion threads 2006-06-28

Political bloggers may get federal protection

Political bloggers may get federal protectionYou won't get a seat at the REAL table!You know, the one where the actual decisions concerning your lives take place!But you can whine to your heart's content on your sorry blog! YUS!!!"I can't believe the US government is torturing innocent people! I can't believe...

Tags: Network technology, Political Bloggers, Preston Gates, police-state

Discussion threads 2006-03-09

Reality check for the much-hyped Origami PC

Reality check for the much-hyped Origami PCYes, the real inovation is with Nokia. Check it out.http://nokia770.com/"capable of running Windows XP " does not - "runs Windows XP"Today Vanity Fair runs Abramoff's article. I have not read the article yet but I understand Microsoft's relationship to Abramoff is not discussed. Abramoff,...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, PC, Microsoft Corp., Abramoff, Microsoft Windows, Preston Gates, operating system, Origami PC

Discussion threads 2006-03-09

Additional Resources

Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitter

Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitterMicrosoft is a for profit entity...whose only agenda is to maximize the value of its stock.Philanthropy with any expected return is not philanthropy.Summing upMicrosoft's "charitable" contributions are the same sorts of things that other companies add to their marketing budget: promoting their products...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Free trade, Microsoft Corp., PIL, not-so

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Linux-Microsoft Lovefest at LinuxWorld Expo

Linux-Microsoft Lovefest at LinuxWorld ExpoIf you can't beat them, join them....Then knock them in the head with a giant thumping stick.LINUX TAKES TOOO LONG BETWEEN STABLE BUILDS.eom....MS shill?"...and urged attendees to learn from Microsoft's success rather than focus on its failures."John Carroll has been saying this for quite a while,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, BSOD, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

House panel approves legal shield for bloggers

House panel approves legal shield for bloggersA good lawBut it doesn't go far enough. It should have also protected online bloggers who do not make any money off their websites through ads and other things.I was happy to see that they put in the 'reasonable exhaustion of other means' thing...

Tags: Blogging, Vertical industries, government, blogger, illegal act, shield, First Amendment

Discussion threads 2007-08-01

Google's battle for wireless spectrum

Google's battle for wireless spectrumChis Sacca For PresidentNTGoogle's battle for wireless spectrumNo thanks, I don't need Google collecting my wireless data to sell for a profit while I get nothing in return. I also don't need Google tracking where I'm going. If they do win this spectrum all...

Tags: Google Inc., spectrum, wireless

Discussion threads 2007-07-30

Whole Foods CEO sorry for anonymous Web posts

Whole Foods CEO sorry for anonymous Web postsBig Fish vs little autorny Minow'sMinow is just so wrong. A CEO who is also a US citizen has the right and sometimes duty to publish anonymously when that posting does not involve harassment. That is how the founders of the USA did...

Tags: Public relations, Business ethics, Web, Whole Foods, Enron Corp., Minow, Big Fish, Minnow

Discussion threads 2007-07-18

Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' takes shape

Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' takes shapeHmmmmm ..."What's ours is yours," Hall told the crowd.But FOR HOW long, before someone comes up with a really good thing and they decided it's in THEIR best interest to do the same ...Thnaks, but no, FOSS works for me ...Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' takes shapeAnother great...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., United Way, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-07-12

Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chief

Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chiefYes, controversialThe idea of interoperability will indeed be verrry controversial, and downright blasphemous. How dare Microsoft recognize that they have to live with the existence of Linux in this world and thus make an effort to interoperate.Loverock, who seems to be absent these days, would...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-11

Gates to Harvard grads: pay it forward

Gates to Harvard grads: pay it forwardGates to Harvard grads: pay it forwardWell deserved, congrats go out to Bill Gates. This shows what hard work, dedication, and a vision of the future can get you. We should all strive to be like him.I'll agree to that. And...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Bill Gates, Harvard, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-07

China stepping back from proposed blog rules

China stepping back from proposed blog rulesBush Solution Was a Good OneThe current US President Bush solved the slander via blog problem by applying existing laws involving voice communication. If you think of a divorce, the solution is easy to understand. Say a person wants to for legal strategy discredit...

Tags: Blogging, Litigation, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SAY IT, real name, harassment, husband

Discussion threads 2007-05-22

Linux.com: Microsoft issues campaign funding ultimatum to open standards legislation backers

Linux.com: Microsoft issues campaign funding ultimatum to open standards legislation backersOf course....Everyone knows this goes on.This is just the sort of thing we can expect from MS. my own personal bias based on many other things known about MSIt is possible that this source is credible. Even so nothing will...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Groupware, Microsoft Office format, OpenDocument Format, Part-of IT, Microsoft Corp., Linux.com

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

Start-up taps Microsoft's labs to boost mobile Net

Start-up taps Microsoft's labs to boost mobile NetZenZui looks like Microsoft PermaTempWith Garmen GPS already doing this kind of thing in it's street pilots you have to assume the ZenZui is comprised of what really amount to Microsoft permatemps. I am interested in knowing what percent of ZenZui management use...

Tags: mobile, Microsoft Corp., ZenZui, Microsoft PermaTemp

Discussion threads 2007-03-27