[Am-info] Gates is to Antrax bacillus as open source is to mail delivery

[Joe Moore]

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GATES For PRESIDENT!!!!!
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--Joe

On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 06:40:04PM -0500, Gene Gaines wrote:
> Gosh, did I say that wrong?  No matter.  Here is the story.
> 
> >To: dave@farber.net
> >Subject: latest revelation from The Department of Truth Management
> >Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 16:31:37 -0500
> >From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo@ccr.org>
> >
> >
> >http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134363780_microsoft08.html
> >
> >         Gates also took some credit for the genesis of open-source
> >         software. He said Microsoft made it possible by standardizing
> >         computers: "Really, the reason you see open source there at all
> >         is because we came in and said there should be a platform that's
> >         identical with millions and millions of machines," he said.
> >
> >
> >This is like an Anthrax bacillus taking credit for mail delivery.

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