Bill Gates, is, and always be, money hungry, power hungry, stealing, kinaiving, and, lastly, lonely.
He probably spends 24 hours a day, just watching the stock ticker on what M$ is doing. If anything, he watches any product that sells itself, "to run with" any of his OS's, and when that product gets popular enough, he takes it, steals it, rips it off, or buys it out, and then, markets it with his own OS. ( after probably messing up the product a little, I guess to bring it "up" to M$ standards )
So, the British Rule is into the "knight-hood" mode, lately... With the thought of Mr. Bill Gates being included in this, I am less infuriated, now, of Sir Elton John being knighted ( now ). I really think Elton John "deserves" the recognition. Not because he announced he is gay, and came right out, in public with it. Not becuase he "sold out" on his song, just to "play off" Princess Diana's funeral. I think Elton John has done a lot more, in just the years of his songs, from doing songs like Pinball Wizard, for the "rock-opera" Tommy, to doing songs for a lot of Soundtracks to films; Lion King, etc...
Gates has always shown his true colors, way back at the start of his "company". During the start of both Jobs and Gates 's careers, Gates was the one who showed he would steal, he would cheat, he would sell-out his own mother, for the all-mighty dollar. Whereas, Jobs, was in it for the technology, for the thought of "just how far can we take this?" thinking. Both of these "computer" icons started the whole "personal computer" revolution, but, who is more known? ( and why? )
I think Jobs is more suited for his phelantropist work, for his "giving back" to what made him, and Gates, sorry to say, is an icon to anyone who thinks that "crime can pay". He mostly showed, back in his "upstarts", that someone can take, or steal, pieces of small things, not really having much association with each other, and be put together. That "sum" of product, can then be sold, for a good price, and lots of money be made from it. Mr. Gates has worked on this "recipe" for success, for many years, and has gotten "very" good at it, to the point, that, I dont even think the Government he works under, has any power against him ( and I think "he" even knows this ). If we were to draw anything as a conclusion, from Mr. Gates, I can only say; Mr. Bill Gates is, a modern-day, Faust. He had to have sold his soul, for power, and for money.
I dont wish to belittle, or, unjustly, "white-wash" the British Rule, but, knighting Mr. Gates, is like making the Devil ruler of Heaven and Earth. Take any "known" mobster; Al Capone, etc... Sometimes you have to find easier ways to sleep at night, a way to say; "I am a good person". You have "tons" of money, and need more ways to get rid of it. Its "dirty" money, its been gotten by, not-so-nice ways, you need a way to clean it up, and make yourself look like you are a "good" person...
If Mr. Gates is doing anything "good" with his money, its only a ploy to launder it. The money he is using, is dirty, its tainted with the blood, sweat, and tears of many, talented, people he has "screwed" over the years. This is, not to include, the many, who have shelled out tons of money for his wares, also, for many years. Not saying that Steve Jobs is a saint, but, Jobs comes a lot closer to it, than, Mr. Gates does.
How many people "really" thought, when they heard that Microsoft was going to "help" with the furthering of Linux, that, it was a "good" thing? That, maybe, M$ didn't have something "up their sleve" in doing this? That, in some way, they didnt have alterior motives in this? Or, as another example; when some M$ code was "accidently" released, that, M$ wasnt trying to get there "legal fingers" into the Linux "pie", so to speak. That this little "ploy" wasnt a way for M$ to say that some of there code was being "ripped off" and included into Linux? This "big scare" had everyone worried that if they did ANY programming for Linux, and were caught even "looking" at the proprietary M$ code, that the "future" of Linux was in jeopardy.
The whole "joke" with the M$ code fiasco, was, who really "would" want to look at it? I can only imagine all the holes, speggetti code, jumps all over the place, routines that simply waste time, back-doors, etc... that "plague" M$'s OS's...
So, Mr. Gates is going to be knighted, can will all start making our signs, now? Can we all start holding them up, proudly, at every corner of every street, in every town, city, state, province, country, on this whole planet? Can we warn, all the people of the known Universe, that a "fate-worse" has arrived? Sir Bill Gates, hmmmmm....
My sign is going to read: The End Of The World Is Near! -=- Repent Now!
Ms. Cuddles
-=- Sometimes, when battling for the survival of the World, you gotta take a bathroom break -=-
