Gates vs Orwell

[astcell]

I remember needing gwbasic for that gorilla game, where you throw explosive bananas over buildings at one another.

Hmmm, is that where cDc came from? ;)

[russ]

Originally posted by astcell
So I guess you can say that Microsoft invented virtual piracy!

Oh certainly... the only thing he owns that he created from scratch is Basic. hahah And look where it's at now.

[converge]

MS HypocraC++ v22 retail $500 personal edition, $1,500 enterprise, plus more 50 different flavors of cripplewareto choose from to fit your budgetary needs.

[astcell]

So I guess you can say that Microsoft invented virtual piracy!

[ch0l0man]

Re: Re: Re: Gates vs Orwell

Originally posted by astcell
Invent? What about what is steals? Like Internet Explorer and GoBack?

you for got one, windows itself.

[astcell]

Re: Re: Gates vs Orwell

Originally posted by russ
Ugh, What else would Gates expect us to think he'd say? Everything in his life depends heavily on the adoption of every "technical solution" Microsoft can invent.

Invent? What about what is steals? Like Internet Explorer and GoBack?

[russ]

Re: Gates vs Orwell

Originally posted by converge
Whos that puppet looking all Bill Gates-like?
http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-1021158.html

Ugh, What else would Gates expect us to think he'd say? Everything in his life depends heavily on the adoption of every "technical solution" Microsoft can invent.

[Gadsden]

Gee.. anyone think Billy Boy is trying to suck up the the government to get a cut of the pie before Oracle gets it?

[murakami]

Re: Gates vs Orwell

Originally posted by converge
Whos that puppet looking all Bill Gates-like?
http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-1021158.html

How apropos, William Gibson had an op-ed piece in the NY Times on just this topic.

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[Chris]

"Gates continued: 'Now if all of you nonpersons would leave me alone I could get back to the business of running my animal farm'"

[converge]

Whos that puppet looking all Bill Gates-like?
http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-1021158.html

Gates told a homeland security conference on Wednesday afternoon that Orwell's dystopian vision of the future, in which Big Brother used technology as a form of social control, "didn't come true, and I don't believe it will."