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| | His father's law firm obtained the patent. Gates than marketed MS-DOS to [[IBM]]. His father's law firm negotiated the contract with IBM. Since the MS-DOS operating system was developed at public expense, and the public at large is denied the right to hold an exclusive patent, the contract gave Microsoft unusually advantageous rights. As the computer industry soared, Microsoft's unique position gave it monopoly power and profits. Two decades later, the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]] held that Microsoft had engaged in unlawful monopolistic behavior. | | His father's law firm obtained the patent. Gates than marketed MS-DOS to [[IBM]]. His father's law firm negotiated the contract with IBM. Since the MS-DOS operating system was developed at public expense, and the public at large is denied the right to hold an exclusive patent, the contract gave Microsoft unusually advantageous rights. As the computer industry soared, Microsoft's unique position gave it monopoly power and profits. Two decades later, the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]] held that Microsoft had engaged in unlawful monopolistic behavior. |
| | [[File:Bill gates.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Bill Gates|Gates playing the role of geek. In reality, Gates is a scam artist who took a disk operating system developed at public expense, patented and marketed it for his own personal gain.]] | | [[File:Bill gates.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Bill Gates|Gates playing the role of geek. In reality, Gates is a scam artist who took a disk operating system developed at public expense, patented and marketed it for his own personal gain.]] |
| − | In 1995, Gates wrote "The Road Ahead" (with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson), which embarrassingly omitted any mention of the internet in its first edition. In 1999, Gates wrote "Business @ the Speed of Thought".
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| | Bill Gates has donated billions to a private foundation that his family controls. Perhaps hoping to push his donations leftward, ''Time'' Magazine promoted him and his wife Melinda Gates and rock star Bono as the "Person of the Year" for 2005.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1142278,00.html</ref> Indeed, it is difficult to identify a single donation by Gates to a [[conservative]] cause, despite his funneling of billions to liberal organizations. | | Bill Gates has donated billions to a private foundation that his family controls. Perhaps hoping to push his donations leftward, ''Time'' Magazine promoted him and his wife Melinda Gates and rock star Bono as the "Person of the Year" for 2005.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1142278,00.html</ref> Indeed, it is difficult to identify a single donation by Gates to a [[conservative]] cause, despite his funneling of billions to liberal organizations. |
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| | + | In 1995, Gates wrote "The Road Ahead" (with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson), which embarrassingly omitted any mention of the internet in its first edition. In 1999, Gates wrote "Business @ the Speed of Thought". |
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| | The UK Independent reported on July 5, 2007 that Bill Gates "has acquired a major stake in a homosexual activist publishing company. ... The online material put out by the company features hard core homosexual pornography."<ref>http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07070509.html</ref> | | The UK Independent reported on July 5, 2007 that Bill Gates "has acquired a major stake in a homosexual activist publishing company. ... The online material put out by the company features hard core homosexual pornography."<ref>http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07070509.html</ref> |