Bill Gates assists in funding first aviation-themed public high school

Andrew Gideon wrote in
online.com:

Paul Tomblin wrote:

And stop people who subcribe to my
mailing lists from using Outlook and Outlook Express, so they don't
flood my mail servers with the viruses which they inevitably get
because of it.

Stop people that happen to visit a web site or view a mail message
with my email address from using MSFT products. That would prevent
those products from sending out viruses forged to appear to be from
me.

- Andrew



Of course we all know that if, say Netscape was used by 90%+ of all the
users out there, all the security explotes/viruses etc would be written for
those applications....

--
ET


"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
Microsoft wouldn't be a problem if they weren't a combination of the most
evil, dishonest and illegal monopolists on the planet, AND the worst
programmers.


Quite...their "monopoly" should be one granted by the government, like the
public utilities, not the market. How illegal can you get?

Tom Sixkiller wrote:

Quite...their "monopoly" should be one granted by the government, like the
public utilities, not the market. How illegal can you get?

The problem isn't the monopoly, but the abuse of the monopoly. But I know
that this point isn't clearly made in the generic press (I doubt most
reporters grasp the distinction).

- Andrew

Microsoft wouldn't be a problem if they weren't a combination of the most
evil, dishonest and illegal monopolists on the planet, AND the worst
programmers.

I think it's time for a reality check there buddy.

I just wish he had finished Harvard and had gotten a good education. Then
maybe his software would work better....

John.

--
John T Lowry, PhD
Flight Physics
5217 Old Spicewood Springs Rd, #312
Austin, Texas 78731
(512) 231-9391

"Cockpit Colin" wrote in message
...
I've always suggested what I believe to be the perfect solution for people
who don't like Bill, don't like Microsoft, or don't like their products
....

... Don't use them.

In my eyes, Bill Gates is a modern day hero, not the bad guy. A CREATOR of
values, not a destroyer as seem so many in this world (not aimed at
original
poster).

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:41:59 GMT, "John T Lowry"
wrote in Message-Id:
et:

I just wish he had finished Harvard and had gotten a good education. Then
maybe his software would work better....

From what I've heard, all he did in university was fleece his friends
by constantly insisting on playing Poker. For Mr. Gates, it appears
that money is more important than education or moral integrity.

Billy is redeeming himself in my eyes after foisting his insecure OS
(and Outlook) on us:

He may win over a couple of pilots with this move, but his insistence of
offshoring jobs to India is not making him any friends with American
software developers.

John Harlow wrote:

Billy is redeeming himself in my eyes after foisting his insecure OS
(and Outlook) on us:

He may win over a couple of pilots with this move, but his insistence of
offshoring jobs to India is not making him any friends with American
software developers.

Well, all you guys have been bitchin' for years about how lousy a job those
developers have been doing. Maybe the Indians can do better.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.

Well, all you guys have been bitchin' for years about how lousy a job
those developers have been doing. Maybe the Indians can do better.

I've never bitched about Microsoft until now.

What exactly is it you do for a living, George?

John Harlow wrote:

Well, all you guys have been bitchin' for years about how lousy a job
those developers have been doing. Maybe the Indians can do better.

I've never bitched about Microsoft until now.

What exactly is it you do for a living, George?

I'm a systems engineer. Unemployed.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.