We are all making Bill Gate$ Richer and Richer... Why?

But I suppose if you think about it, take away all microsoft products and start back in 1985 and what would you be doing? Most probably using another company which would be just as big as Microsoft now, and probably crashing just as much.

But what's the moral of this story? (not a deeply philisophical question).

The moral is, something like this proably would've happened if Microsoft wasn't here anyway. We can;t exactly change history so we might as well forget about it and leave Bill Gates alone. He's already getting hassled enough from all the 'other' people who hate him (which is probably a majority of the population).

Fact: Mobiles phones & Computer in a few developed countries such as UK, AUS, USA and Switzerland have become a very common and important tool. However, 1/3 of the world's population elsewhere still haven't even heard a single dial-tone or seen a single computer GUI window.

Fact: There are also many starving POOR people all over the United States. Many organisation such as the foundation for US children are trying to help these people.

Fact: The poor countries of Africa are just struggling to pay the INTEREST on the loans they get from USA. Why is USA charging INTEREST to these poor peope...?

The facts just go on... And just think morally, one man: Bill Gates holds a-lot of the World's money.... :(

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Originally posted by Dreamlax
But I suppose if you think about it, take away all microsoft products and start back in 1985 and what would you be doing? Most probably using another company which would be just as big as Microsoft now, and probably crashing just as much.

But what's the moral of this story? (not a deeply philisophical question).

The moral is, something like this proably would've happened if Microsoft wasn't here anyway. We can;t exactly change history so we might as well forget about it and leave Bill Gates alone. He's already getting hassled enough from all the 'other' people who hate him (which is probably a majority of the population).

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Well OK, I do agree on that. Bill Gates has enough people to do that "Dollar a Day" Child sponsoring thing for every child, but face it, if you had that much money, you'd be too up yourself to even think about charity.

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He has donated money before, but that was about 1% of what he had at the time. Now he's too rich. Even if he had twice as much money as he has now, he still wouldn't donate any more money. I think he thinks he's too important to be important enough to donate money.

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Originally posted by cyberwarpy

Fact: The poor countries of Africa are just struggling to pay the INTEREST on the loans they get from USA. Why is USA charging INTEREST to these poor peope...?

The facts just go on... And just think morally, one man: Bill Gates holds most of the World's money.... :(

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Sorry, I'm a drunk and in a picky mood tonight, so I apologise in advance for my comments. ;)

USA are in hoc to the rest of the world.. doesn't it have a huge national debt... The WMF is the guy getting all the interest.

Bill Gates may be the richest American, but isn't the Sultan of Oman the richest person in the world. Either way, niether of them hold most of the worlds money... rather they hold a tiny fraction of the worlds money... who makes this stuff up for you guys???

Sorry, like I said, I'm drunk and picky!

SD

Vodka? Wisky? Aussie Beer?

Hrmmmmmmmm...... Aussie Beer... Hrmmmmmm..... :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

It's Thursday Afternoon here, by the way....

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Originally posted by SurfDemon


Sorry, I'm a drunk and in a picky mood tonight, so I apologise in advance for my comments. ;)

USA are in hoc to the rest of the world.. doesn't it have a huge national debt... The WMF is the guy getting all the interest.

Bill Gates may be the richest American, but isn't the Sultan of Oman the richest person in the world. Either way, niether of them hold most of the worlds money... rather they hold a tiny fraction of the worlds money... who makes this stuff up for you guys???

Sorry, like I said, I'm drunk and picky!

SD

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I feel sorry for the brain washed.

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Mobiles phones & Computer in a few developed countries such as UK, AUS, USA and Switzerland have become a very common and important tool.

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I wouldn't say that mobile phones were a particularly important tool. Popular, yes, but important?

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The moral is, something like this proably would've happened if Microsoft wasn't here anyway. We can;t exactly change history so we might as well forget about it and leave Bill Gates alone. He's already getting hassled enough from all the 'other' people who hate him (which is probably a majority of the population).

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What you've highlighted here is a particular philosophy on the flow of time.

Some people believe (including yourself it would seem) that time is like a river. Throw stones in it if you like and, although you might ripple the surface, you have no effect on the overall flow of the river. i.e. CONVERGENCE

The flip side of that is the view that time is like the "Butterfly effect". The effects of a small change at one moment rapidly spread out, drastically changing the final outcome. i.e. DIVERGENCE

Perhaps if Bill Gates had been stopped, there would have been no dominant player now. :)

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Originally posted by SurfDemon
Bill Gates may be the richest American, but isn't the Sultan of Oman the richest person in the world.

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Almost, the Sultan of Brunei is rumoured to be the richest in the world, but it is infact Bill. He nudged ahead a couple of years ago.

I think the Sultan is significantly richer in terms of wealth (NOT just money).

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Originally posted by chrisjk
Almost, the Sultan of Brunei is rumoured to be the richest in the world, but it is infact Bill. He nudged ahead a couple of years ago.

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Doh! My only excuse for mixing Oman and Brunei up is that I was absolutely hammered when I entered that post. Sorry.

Simonm, I guess you are right.

But if you hate Microsoft/Bill Gates, stop using VB, stop using Windows, stop using Office, and then see how easy your computeris to run, without a word processor which can check your grammar and spelling, without an operating system which supports probably something over 90% of all PC software availible.

Of course there are competitors, but people chose Microsoft for a reason. A good reason. A reason so good I dunno what it is, but it must have been good if they are the top PC software company. Bill Gates deserves some of the money he deserves, but not all, because stealing is wrong, very very wrong*.


Except if you are robbing from the corner dairy down the road if you have absolutely no money or food to feed your family, because you are doing the right thing by providing goods for the poor.

i can't believe i've read it all ..

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Originally posted by Dreamlax
Simonm, I guess you are right.

But if you hate Microsoft/Bill Gates, stop using VB, stop using Windows, stop using Office, and then see how easy your computeris to run, without a word processor which can check your grammar and spelling, without an operating system which supports probably something over 90% of all PC software availible.

Of course there are competitors, but people chose Microsoft for a reason. A good reason. A reason so good I dunno what it is, but it must have been good if they are the top PC software company. Bill Gates deserves some of the money he deserves, but not all, because stealing is wrong, very very wrong.

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I used Linux for a while, and I agree, it's a better OS. But I went back to Windows pretty quick. Why? Why would I willingly go back to an OS that's not as good? Simple -- I can do what I need/want to on Windows. Sure there are word processors, games for Linux, but Windows has much greater support, not to mention the fact that I simply prefer its interface. However, I'm not using any Office programs other than Access now ;) But if anyone takes away my copy of VC++ I will remove their giblets and garotte them with them...

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But if anyone takes away my copy of VC++ I will remove their giblets and garotte them with them...

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That's my plan out the window then...;)