http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/ Engadget Comments for Bill Gates to get knighted http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
and now he gives so much to charity its amazing.

Sir Gates, welcome to the round table!]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
yeah, he's such an asshole.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
Not all knights of the British Empire from the British Commonwealth get the designation of "Sir". Canada for one stopped that practice back in the 1930s. Hell, a few years later the parliament enacted a law that doesn't allow Canadian citizens to receive an honour from a foreign govt.

Conrad Black (a Canadian born media magnate) gave up his Canadian citizenship to become a British national, just so he could get a full Knighthood with the designation of "Sir".]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Take that Steve (Jobs)!! Who's the rockstar CEO now!!]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
Those folks are properly called "subjects".]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
Even if you don't like him, only an asshole would overlook all of the good he has tried to do with his money.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
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It better be the Queen that holds that long,sharp sword to Bill Gates shoulders(near his neck)...

cause I know a few systems admins that would LOVE that opportunity... they tell me it would be a whole new way to HACK!

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Microsoft has, on numerous occasions, announced they were about to ship products that were not even begun merely to frighten other companies away - it's stuff like that that really sets the industry back. Their announcement of Windows for Pen Computing brought down Go Computing - before Microsoft even did any development.

Gates' Microsoft is the modern-day equivalent of a robber baron; he may give away a lot of money, but you can't ignore how he got the money.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
Apparently you don't know anything at all about Linux and viruses. There are two well-known (in the Linux community) antivirus programs available for Linux and other *nixes. F-Prot, available at www.f-prot.com and ClamAV, available at www.clamav.net. Both projects are actively maintained and new virus definitions are made available to the public as soon as they are found.

As for all of the "LEET hacker people" you are so afraid of? Well, contrary to popular opinion, most hackers are not evil, virus-writing deviants. You have the word "hacker" confused with script-kiddies, phreaks/crackers and other ilk. A true hacker would be offended by being called "LEET". The real, white-hat hackers are the ones constantly updating and improving on the Linux kernel to prevent such attacks. No one would have to "pick up the slack" because there is no slack to pick up. Visit kerneltrap.org to see just how frequently the Linux kernel is updated.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
Home users will always be poor administrators, no matter what they use. At the local university, I personally administer a large group of Linux machines on the public internet which are constantly under attack from random Korean netblocks, but which stand up much better than the Windows machines on the same subnets. If I had to give a complete noob a machine to use, knowing I couldn't help him/her out, I know which OS I'd pick -- and it's certainly not Windows.

Bug reports? The OSS approach *encourages* bug reporting. Slack? Major distributors and mid-sized companies will sell you their services and keep your Linux machines secure and well-working. Thousands of 3rd party IT guys do it for Windows now; there's no reason to believe it couldn't be done, and better, with Linux.

Congrats to Bill, also.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
Microsoft sucks and all that, and if Visio 2003 ran on Linux without the VMWare exta slow button I would never run it again.

But the man has shelled out 37 Billion dollars to fight diseases that don't hurt us because we are rich. Sure he is still worth another 40-70 Billion but as the article says if you add up the charitible contributions of the next 5 richest men in America they aren't even a tip on Bills 37 Billion.

Deal with it.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
Of course there are a lot of problems with Windows, but Bill Gates is not Windows...

All the bugs, bluescreens and crashes aside, he achieved and did a lot. Not only for those poor children in Africa, but also for all of us to be able to purchase and use computers so naturally - every day. I wouldn't call him a great guy, but he definitely deserves it.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
This isn't about OSes, or just giving money. Bill has done what he thinks is charatable, and most of the world agrees. It is legitimate to find fault with the foundation; however, one must know something of the foundation before one criticizes it.

#4--Bill is starting to look like Elton. Scary!

Bill is not getting knighted for Windows, or even Microsoft. He is getting this recognition for what he has done with the money he made from those ventures.

Whether he deserves the money he got is a different story, and worthy of discussion, once all the uneducated masses are silent. So, there will never be a worthy discussion of it :)



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I hope the blade slips, anyone with me? Purely because he's so rich, not his operating system or whatever. I mean, who doesn't like to see some super rich guy get screwed over?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
As for being knighted, PUH-LEASE, I think Im going to throw up. I think the Queen is just bored out of her mind. Anyone near or past 100 years can't be all there!

Knighted??? Sheeesh...shows how much valor in knighthood there is these days!]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
THOSE would be the honourable actions of someone that i'd expect to see with the title of "Knight". until then, as far as i'm concerned, the guy is just another corporate fatcat.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
We know that he is a philanthropist and does a lot of good work. But that is not why he is getting the honour.

I would be perfectly happy for him to get the KBE for his philanthropy, but when you're surrounded by people constantly swearing at their computers, can you argue that his contribution to enterprise is a positive one?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/25/ngates25.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/25/ixnewstop.html]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
Now that I have the certificate, can I take over the world officially ?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Is it more than 20% of what you earned?
Quit complaining an get off your #sses, start your OS company, give it away for free or if you dare to charge for it donate everything you earn to charity, let's see how long your business model holds up ...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/How would that affect us now?

p.s Congrats Bill..you needed something after being knocked off the richest dude in the world mantel by the cheap furniture dude.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/
Even if you don't like him, only an asshole would overlook all of the good he has tried to do with his money.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/01/bill-gates-to-get-knighted/Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM