On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 13:05, Travis Riddle wrote:
Whoops that's not per year, that's since the inception of the program. Sorry, my bad, 7 Billion since 1994. I guess they do suck. > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Travis Riddle > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:47 AM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Re: Does "Micro$oft" sucks...? > > > For in that uncaring I find many of the things wrong with this world. > > To make this somewhat on topic I fully appreciate what the Fedora project > and the thousands of OSS enthusiasts that release/support/enhance open > source software are doing for the computing industry, and I applaud them. > I just think that maybe there are other good things in the world as well. > > For example (and to stay off topic a bit): > > Last year alone the Gates Foundation donated a tad over 7,000,000,000 to > various medical and educational programs. Count the zero's my friend. > > I fully realize that they price gouge and everything they stand for is > against OSS, but 7 billion donated to the world's future each year. > That's not a bad thing. > > Check them out, www.gatesfoundation.org. > > Please don't reply to this forum if you have to bash me, email me > personally @ shepmagoo@xxxxxxxxxx I probably won't reply, but we don't > need to pollute the list any further. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] > > On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz > > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 9:38 PM > > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: OT: Re: Does "Micro$oft" sucks...? > > > > At 02:52 2/23/2004, you wrote: > > >Microsoft may suck, but as long as you get some buck$ (or â'¬uros) for > > it, > > >who cares? > > > > I care. > > > > I care for others, so I care that the entire world gets screwed, and > that > > some people consider that "as long as they get some bucks, who cares?" > > > > I care for those "less fortunate," and so I care that 90% of the world's > > population does not have access to a computer and that the monopolistic > > pricing with which Microsoft is gouging those of us who *can* pay are > > preventing that number from dropping. > > > > I care for those in less-wealthy countries, having to take out a loan to > > buy a computer to try to do business, or keep their job, or educate > their > > kids, when Microsoft has roughly $45,000,000,000 in CASH at the time, > not > > counting any other assets or ongoing profit. That's over $200 for every > > man, woman, and child in the USA, or roughly $9 for every human being on > > Earth... and for some of those humans, $9 is riches beyond belief. > > > > I care for my business, which makes more of a profit (or avoids > suffering > > losses) when not forced to pay Microsoft more for their software than I > > paid for the actual computers. I care for my stockholders, who chose to > > invest in ME and to whom I owe the responsibility of making their money > > work as hard as possible. > > > > I care that Microsoft's behavior has consistently been proven (not > shown, > > proven in a court of law) to be unethical, and I care that the US > > government seems disinclined to do anything about it. > > > > I care that I lose work, time, blood, toil, sweat, tears, and money > every > > time a Microsoft computer crashes. > > > > I care that some (like you, Alex?) may be too uninformed, uninterested, > or > > unintelligent to see why they should care. > > > > I care that many choose not to care. > > > > For in that uncaring I find many of the things wrong with this world. > > > > > > -- > > Rodolfo J. Paiz > > rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.simpaticus.com > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
