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17th June 2011, 22:55 #21
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Originally Posted by odykas
I remember as a child in school we had machines running the BBC Acorn OS, DOS and other stuff I can't remember. Problem is that the skills you had from dealing with one OS didn't translate across to the other OS and at this point in time we didn't have the sheer number of people in the world to crank out the quality content for multiple OS's. Sure now there are millions of people in the world who can code and we have the internet so tOdy can code while parked in his Fazza @ Rascasse and send that code to someone in Australia in seconds so nowadays we can have a certain amount of fragmentation. But I would argue that if Microsoft hadn't done what they did that we'd be years and years behind and computing wouldn't be nearly as pervasive as it is now. If Apple had continued on as it did or if Linux had become the standard then we'd have arrived where we are now, but Microsoft was the standard and I think it's all worked out well.Rule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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18th June 2011, 05:15 #22
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Originally Posted by Daniel
He's made contributions to Africa, which needs perhaps far more assistance than the rest of the world. But I have to wonder what he has actually established for the population to sustain themselves.
Can't say that I'm buying into his co-partnership of 'The Pledge' with Warren Buffet. I think it's just another PR ploy as someone mentioned earlier. Which is easy to do if you've cornered the market on a product/service that is essential for the developed societies to function on; Gates (OS software), Buffet (transportation of products).
As odykas pointed out:
Bill Gates became rich by leveraging Micro$oft's monopoly.
I wouldn't call this ethical.FIDO - Forget It, Drive On
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18th June 2011, 05:33 #23
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Originally Posted by ioan
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18th June 2011, 05:35 #24
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Originally Posted by odykas
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18th June 2011, 09:27 #25Originally Posted by Daniel
As regards to compatibility issue, this wouldn't be a problem if the vendors used open standards and not proprietary solutions (like Micro$soft does to empower monopoly).
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18th June 2011, 10:22 #26
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18th June 2011, 11:32 #27
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Originally Posted by odykasRule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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18th June 2011, 12:52 #28
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Rule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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18th June 2011, 15:30 #29
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Originally Posted by BDunnell
Objection to what?
Do I object to the Government taking money by force from income generated outside the USA? You bet I do.
Do I object to people fleeing repressive taxation by moving to a more advantageous country? Not at all
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18th June 2011, 16:01 #30
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