Bill Gates : An apology

[mistermack]

As a student I held myself in diametric opposition to all things Microsoft and burned Bill Gates in effigy each full moon. Now that I'm older I think he's not such an evil person - i.e. my frame of reference has widened considerably.

I always used to tell myself that he never got any of MY money, as I always used a pirate version of windows etc. But of course, in reality, you pay money to microsoft whenever you buy something, as most businesses use their software and pass the cost on to the customer in their prices.

[Jason]

I still haven't bought a copy of Windows.

Unless the copy of '98 that came with one computer I bought back in 2000 counts..

[JimC]

Bill may be an atheist (I have no way of knowing) but Melinda is Catholic and at odds with her church on birth control.

Quote from Forbes magazine

• Gates, a longtime advocate for women’s health issues has been vocal in her support of contraceptive resources for women despite her Catholic beliefs; in an interview that aired on CNN on Sunday, she said it had become her lifetime’s work. Her Gates foundation has long refused to fund programs that support abortion. “I had to wrestle with which pieces of religion do I use and believe in my life, what would I counsel my daughters to do,” she explained to Newsweek of her decision to support other contraceptive methods. Additionally she feels that “we’re not serving the other piece of the Catholic mission, which is social justice” by barring women from birth control alternatives.

Like most liberal catholics, she recognises the reality of contraception, unlike the moronic hierarchy...