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> And he was talking about GPL While he was referring to the GPL, he actually uttered these words [0]. Gates was a chairman then, it's difficult to believe the

> And he was talking about GPL While he was referring to the GPL, he actually uttered these words [0]. Gates was a chairman then, it's difficult to believe they had different opinions on this issue and many others. Especially when you consider the Halloween Documents were from Gates' era. More importantly, it was Gates himself who would routinely visit various heads of states lobbying for MS contracts, especially when Linux was considered. The consequences of that will live with us for many decades. Fortynately the web revolution changed many things and there is some hope the future would be more Microsoft-free, but for many years to come all goverments and most businesses and individuals have to pay Microsoft tax, for one reason or another. https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/ https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_ca...

yread 6y ago
The complete quote is Linux is not in the public domain. Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. That's the way that the license works. So, he was talking about the license (it would also make little sense to say that an OS kernel is cancer). > Gates himself who would routinely visit various heads of states lobbying for MS contracts Gates was trying to sell his software to potential clients? What a terrible human being! :) Much worse were the anti-competitive agreements with OEMs, performing super strict license checks on business dealing with Linux and so on.
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
  > Gates was trying to sell his software to potential clients? What a terrible human being! Well, it depends on how you see it. We're talking not just about Europe, but mainly South Africa and many other developing countries that have to pay Microsoft to this day because of of their previous politician gave in to Gates and agreed to prolong a government contract. Many of these countries are the same he is helping now.

yread 6y ago

The complete quote is Linux is not in the public domain. Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. That's the way that the license works. So, he was talking about the license (it would also make little sense to say that an OS kernel is cancer). > Gates himself who would routinely visit various heads of states lobbying for MS contracts Gates was trying to sell his software to potential clients? What a terrible human being! :) Much worse were the anti-competitive agreements with OEMs, performing super strict license checks on business dealing with Linux and so on.

dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
> Gates was trying to sell his software to potential clients? What a terrible human being! Well, it depends on how you see it. We're talking not just about Europe, but mainly South Africa and many other developing countries that have to pay Microsoft to this day because of of their previous politician gave in to Gates and agreed to prolong a government contract. Many of these countries are the same he is helping now.