EricTorstenson opened this issue on May 31, 2002 ยท 53 posts
wolf359 posted Sat, 01 June 2002 at 4:57 PM
">But first bring me the head of Bill Gates.<"
Strange, in my home state here in virginia
there is a billionaire family Named MARS
they OWN the chocolate bar industry in america
having bought out every competitor years ago.
yet i dont see the Gestapo errr!! ahem!!.. Justice Department :-)
dragging them into court over their "illegal" monopoly
or any consumer groups complaining how the little" Mom and Pop"
Chocolate foundries have been Squeezed out
yet at a 60 % obesity rate America has the FATTEST
Populace on the planet.
Bill Gates/ Microsoft is more responsible for the
proliferation of FREE technology amongst Low income and minoritiy citizens in america ,than any single source on the planet!!
He Gives way hundreds of millions each year in hardware and software to schools in low income urban and rural areas of the country that normally would never have a chance to expose young minds to any high-tech giving them the tools to train for careers beyond the food service industry or a life of crime.
I still have yet to find that one low income working consumer whos life has been damaged by Microsft's So called "monopoly"
And sorriest Spectacle I have EVER witnessed in my life
was that of :
Scott Mcnealy of Sun microsystems ( Billionaire)
James barksdale of netscape ( Billionaire)
and Micheal Dell of DELL computers ( Billionaire),
on Capitol hill in washington DC whining that
another Billionaire (Gates ) has out manuvered them
through clever marketing and exclusive but legal contracts.and managed to stuff a few billion more MARS chocolate barsinto his cupboard than
they have in theirs
The working public was understandibly unsympathetic
and the last time I looked Micheal Dell wasnt giving away $100,000,000 worth of his products!! to poor people.
Sorry for the rant :-)
But when i see the human lives destroyed
by the auto,alcohol , and tobacco industry in America each year,
I tend to think that the affable four eyed Geek from Redmond should be cut some slack :-)