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(Conspiracy Nation, 09/22/05)
-- Thanks to a reader of Conspiracy
Nation for tweaking a recent report. ("How To Abandon
Microsoft," http://www.shout.net/~bigred/MicroAband.html) Bill Gates, it turns out, did not even develop DOS. The DOS
article at the Wikipedia web site gives a fuller background. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS) While at the Wikipedia site, a search was made on "Bill Gates"
and intriguing information was found. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates) |
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. His full name is William
Henry Gates III.
The father of W.H. Gates III, corporate lawyer William H. Gates,
Sr., was son of the original William Henry Gates. Bill Gates is "The
Third."
The mother of the Microsoft monopolist, Mary Maxwell Gates, was on
the board of directors of these corporations:
Young Bill Gates attended Lakeside School, Seattle's most exclusive
prep school. From there, he went on to Harvard, only to drop out.
Recall from the above that Mary Maxwell Gates, mother of the
supposed
"visionary," was on the board of directors of Berkshire Hathaway.
According to the Wikipedia reference, "On December
14, 2004,
Bill Gates joined Berkshire Hathaway's board, formalizing
the relationship between him and Warren Buffett. Berkshire Hathaway is a
conglomerate that includes Geico (automobile insurance), Benjamin Moore (paint) and
Fruit of the Loom (textiles).
Gates also serves on the board of Icos, a Bothell
biotech company."
Being so interconnected with the corporate world, the question
arises: What are Bill Gates' political views?
He has a lot of money, for instance. Does he make any donations to
political parties?
"According to Forbes, Gates contributed money to the 2004
presidential
campaign of George W. Bush.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Gates is cited as
having contributed at least $33,335 to over 50 political campaigns
during the 2004 election cycle." (Wikipedia reference, "Bill Gates,"
op. cit.)
Gates stands staunchly against the Communist menace. He has
reportedly compared free and open source software, such as Linux, to
Communism.
IBM needed an operating system -- fast. (See "How To Abandon
Microsoft," op. cit.) Microsoft did not have an operating system, and
sent IBM to Digital Research. Digital Research did not like IBM's
non-disclosure agreement and no deal was made. IBM went back to Bill
Gates, who had purchased rights to a DOS clone. This he licensed to
IBM. So Bill Gates did not even invent DOS.
Intertwined with then-dominant IBM, Microsoft soon had a
stranglehold on the operating system market. "After all, we are not
communists." (Quote from film, "The Godfather")
Before too long, if you purchased any Intel-based computer, you
usually had to get the
Microsoft Windows operating system with it. Like John D. Rockefeller
and Andrew Carnegie before him, William Henry Gates III became
immensely rich.
Like other monopolists before him, Bill Gates became a
philanthropist. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation contributes to
charitable causes, such as the fight against so-called AIDS. However
"Journalist
Greg
Palast
suggests that The Gates Foundation is used to make tactical donations
to hide media sensitive humanitarian side effects of treaties, such as TRIPS,
which have been supported by Gates. TRIPS prevents countries from
producing their own version of patented AIDS drugs, which Palast
believes results in African deaths." ("Bill Gates," Wikipedia
reference, op. cit.)
Such good deeds caught the eye of the British monarchy, and on March
2, 2005 it was announced that Gates would be made a Knight of the
British Empire (KBE).
In the 1960s, IBM was dominant in the computer industry. They did
not want to make personal computers; their model was, "leave it to the
experts" (and pay a hefty fee).
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created an upheaval when they launched
Apple and gave computing power to the masses. IBM, to be competitive,
had to get into the PC (personal computer) market. IBM had had an
effective stranglehold, but American ingenuity changed that.
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." How alike to the old IBM
has become Microsoft. Once more, do-it-yourselfism is on the wane. Once
more, hefty fees, lab-coated professionals, and intrusive marketing are
on the rise.
There are persistent reports that the National Security Agency (NSA)
has a hidden "back door key" into Windows-based computers. (See "How To
Abandon Microsoft," op. cit. See also, for further reference, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/04/12/gates_gerstner_helped_nsa_snoop/,
"Gates, Gerstner Helped NSA Snoop -- US Congressman")
"A recent report renews claims
that the US National Security Agency (NSA) secured the co-operation of
IBM and Microsoft in gaining access to encrypted data, and
documentation seen by The Register gives a fuller picture of how this
may have taken place. In this congressman Curt Weldon makes the
astonishing claim that the US military was able to see Saddam Hussein's
orders before his commanders did. According to Cryptography &
Liberty 2000, published last week by the Electronic Privacy Information
Center (EPIC): 'On September 28, 1999, Congressman Curt Weldon
disclosed that high level deal-making on access to encrypted data had
taken place between the NSA and IBM and Microsoft.'" ("Gates,
Gerstner Helped NSA Snoop -- US Congressman," op. cit.)
Only Speculation: That Bill
Gates and his inner circle are a facet of the national security state.
Could this be why the mass media, another facet, consistently praises a
lousy operating system? Could this be why anti-trust laws are not
vigorously enforced against Microsoft, Inc.?
("This Is Your Brain On Windows" image from "DDB: DOS Operating
System" web site, http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/DOS/DOS-Head.html)
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