Gosh I just don't know..........
Posted on 04/18/2006 11:10:11 PM PDT by HAL9000
Excerpts -
Later [Hu] said to Gates: "I admire what you have achieved at Microsoft," Hu said. "Because you, Mr. Bill Gates, are a friend of China, I'm a friend of Microsoft," he said. "Also, I am dealing with the operating system produced by Microsoft every day," he added, amid laughter.
"I certainly look forward to the extension of your cooperation with China," Hu said. Hu also said he would certainly welcome a further increase in Microsoft's investment in China.
"I'd also like to take this opportunity to assure you, Bill Gates, that we will certainly our words in protecting intellectual property rights," Hu said. Gates responded: "Thank you, it's a fantastic relationship. And if you ever need advice on how to use Wkindows, I'll be glad to help."
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Bill Gates is the "chief software architect" at Microsoft - and he has been a disaster in that role. Modern computers would be better and cheaper if Bill Gates never existed.
I never really thought the other side of the coin could be better computers. That is a good point. The money part would be nice too, but having even better computers is always welcomed. Thanks!
the Golden Eagle has landed..
Gosh I just don't know..........
Unless he lowers the cost to zero, it is going to be pirated by them.
LOL!
I just KNEW if I scrolled down...I would find this remark! Nice implementation!
"Modern computers would be better and cheaper if Bill Gates never existed."
Better? Probably. Cheaper? No way.
Yep, American dollar bills ($).
Just as good if not better than they are now...
Cisco already stepped in for that, but maybe Bill will help tighten up a few loopholes.
I'd expect to see Linux going down in China. Linux is about as against their agenda as you can get -- an open operating system that the government can't control, that can be modified to circumvent things the government does, that's impossible to hide back doors in. Windows (or any proprietary OS) makes more sense to the Chicom rulers if they're friendly with the supplier.
Ditto that
More stable and user friendly for one.
PS - it is rumored that much of his charity money goes to "population control," which puts him at odds with a pro-life agenda.
People are just plain nasty to the guy.
(We take you now to the Oval Office.)
George Bush: Condi ! Nice to see you. What's happening ?
Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.
George: Great. Lay it on me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
George: That's what I want to know.
Condi: That's what I'm telling you.
George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China ?
Condi: Yes.
George: I mean the fellow's name.
Condi: Hu.
George: The guy in China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The new leader of China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The Chinaman !
Condi: Hu is leading China.
George: Now whaddya' asking me for ?
Condi: I'm telling you - Hu is leading China.
George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China ?
Condi: That's the man's name.
George: That's who's name ?
Condi: Yes.
George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China ?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir ? Yassir Arafat is in China ? I thought he was in the Middle East.
Condi: That's correct.
George: Then who is in China ?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir is in China?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Then who is ?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir ?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.
Condi: Kofi ?
George: No, thanks.
Condi: You want Kofi ?
George: No.
Condi: You don't want Kofi.
George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N.
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi ?
George: Milk! Will you please make the call ?
Condi: And call who ?
George: Who is the guy at the U.N ?
Condi: Hu is the guy in China.
George: Will you stay out of China ?!
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi.
George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone.
(Condi picks up the phone.)
Condi: Rice, here.
George: Rice ? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too!
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More like, our resident troll is MIA on this thread. Wonder why?
Could it have been my smackdown on the thread announcing the visit? Nah, we've smacked down his lies and distortions much worse in the past, and he kept coming.
What, you think I'm happy about this? I think it sucks, but Bill Gates is late to the China party, companies like IBM were kissing up to them long ago.
"Gerstner and Jiang 'Old Friends' Kiss in New York - 11/02/97"
http://www.truthinmedia.org/TruthinMedia/Bulletins/tim98-1-5.html
NEW YORK - "Birds of a feather flock together," goes an old saw. They do. Even in the maze of Manhattan skyscrapers where only the stupid birds fly.
Lou Gerstner, IBM's chairman, who once slept in Mao Zedong's bed in Shanghai, warmly embraced Jiang Zemin, Mao's protégé, outside the IBM Tower on Madison Avenue in New York. Jiang's visit to IBM was his first stop after breakfasting with George Bush and opening the trading at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 31.
Gerstner warmly greeted the Chinese communist with Tiananmen Square blood on his hands as an old friend. "Lao pengyou, ni hao" ("Old friend, how are you?"), Gerstner said in heavily-accented Chinese, to the satisfied chuckles all around. A REUTER's photo in WASHINGTON POST (Nov. 1) showed Jiang and Gerstner laughing heartily underneath a big IBM logo. (Big Blue's next ad?).
Hellooooo? Tweety Bird, where arrrrre you???
Kind of like one of those punching-bag clowns that pops right back up after you hit it.
You mean when you tried to deny this? I thought you actually said it was accurate:
Linux is in fact the standard software for Chicomm government computers is it not? The latest word is 80 percent of their government servers use it, due to mandates by the government.
http://news.com.com/The+business+of+Linux+in+China/2008-7344_3-6060122.html
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