Gates: Open Source Kills Jobs

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Posted by michael on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:15PM from the snap!-snap! dept.

theodp writes "On the Malaysian leg of a whirlwind Asian tour, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates voiced his concerns over the growing goodwill towards open source, especially in Asia, emphasizing how damaging open source software can be. 'If you don't want to create jobs or intellectual property, then there is a tendency to develop open source. It is not something you do as a day job. If you want to give it away, you work on it at night,' he said. Gates, who apparently has never contended with the horrors of a VB upgrade, when on to say that '[Open source] doesn't guarantee upward compatibility.'"

Gates: Open Source Kills Jobs

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whew... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:15PM (#9668525)

I read that as Gates kills Jobs (Steve)

It may kill jobs... (Score:5, Funny)

by Tuxedo Jack ( 648130 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:17PM (#9668547) Homepage

But default installations of his company's closed-source software kills systems.

Jobs: Open Source will kill Gates. (Score:5, Funny)

by topynate ( 694371 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:17PM (#9668551)

Apple to remain unaffected, release 35" computer screen.

billy, buddy... (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:18PM (#9668557)

bill gates would rather us have 'open sores' that 'open source'.

Visual Basic generates jobs (Score:5, Funny)

by damm0 ( 14229 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:19PM (#9668567) Homepage Journal

Visual Basic generates jobs. The kinds where real professionals are called in to fix a big mess.

Poor Bill (Score:1, Funny)

by XBL ( 305578 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:19PM (#9668574)

The writing is on the wall. In 10 years he will be eating out of a dumpster, all because of open-source software.

Re:whew... (Score:2, Funny)

by Sv-Manowar ( 772313 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:21PM (#9668596) Homepage Journal

I thought linux had gone haywire in the apple office

Translation: (Score:5, Funny)

by MikeCapone ( 693319 ) writes: <[moc.oohay] [ta] [llehretleks]> on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:30PM (#9668684) Homepage Journal

Gates: "Open Source kills MY job."

Re:Poor Bill (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:30PM (#9668685)

I just made a dumpster boot NetBSD, so I don't care.

Re:Poor Bill (Score:5, Funny)

by poofyhairguy82 ( 635386 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:34PM (#9668724) Journal

In 10 years he will be eating out of a dumpster Maybe a platinum dumpster filled with caviar. Tens of billions don't disappear that easily.

Bill is right! (Score:5, Funny)

by earthforce_1 ( 454968 ) writes: <earthforce_1 AT yahoo DOT com> on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:35PM (#9668741) Journal

It does kill the job market for MCSEs.

Open Source Kills Jobs (Score:3, Funny)

by evilviper ( 135110 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:41PM (#9668804) Journal

Open Source Kills Jobs

Oh no! Poor Steve Jobs. We always knew Open Source would be his downfall, but could not have known it would literally kill him.

Re:History is against him. (Score:5, Funny)

by hazem ( 472289 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:45PM (#9668832) Journal

This is a perfect example of a disruptive technology. Sure, OSS takes jobs from Microsoft, but it adds jobs elsewhere in the economy - everywhere someomone wants to develop something that needs an OS but doesn't want to pay MS for it.

Buggy whip makers were put out of work by the automobile. But the smart buggy whip makers turned to making sex toys. Sex always sells!

Re:Obvious quote (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @04:57PM (#9668944)

Give him a break -- at least he spelled "Gandhi" correctly, which more than 80% of the people waving that quote around like they just discovered it are capable of doing.

Re:stupid argument (Score:5, Funny)

by Surt ( 22457 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @05:05PM (#9669011) Homepage Journal

But but .... volunteer work _does_ cause unemployment for those who would wish to do those jobs for pay.

That's why I leave my grocery cart in the parking lot rather than return it to the store!

Re:Obvious quote (Score:5, Funny)

by mcgroarty ( 633843 ) writes: <brian DOT mcgroarty AT gmail DOT com> on Sunday July 11, 2004 @05:09PM (#9669042) Homepage

Great. Even our quotes are getting outsourced to India.

Re:History is against him. (Score:5, Funny)

by FauxPasIII ( 75900 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @05:19PM (#9669104)

> Buggy whip makers were put out of work by the automobile

-nod- Microsoft suffers from the same problem - there's just no market for their buggy products anymore.

Re:Jobs: Open Source will kill Gates. (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @05:29PM (#9669172)

Omen to that

Re:More nonsense (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @05:31PM (#9669195)

"Ignorance is knowledge."

Therefore knowledge is bliss.

It makes sense, so we can't acquit!

Re:stupid argument (Score:2, Funny)

by roror ( 767312 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @05:32PM (#9669205)

i see another parallel .. isn't it a bit like war creates construction job ? break it today, so that we'll have some work for us tomorrow.

... but bundling & dumping creates jobs! (Score:4, Funny)

by Greg@RageNet ( 39860 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @05:35PM (#9669237) Homepage

Yeah, those evil open-source software companies are wrecking the industry. Companies should learn from Microsoft, and use the product bundling & dumping model instead. Look at all the jobs it created at Netscape.

-- Greg

Proof that open source kills puppies... (Score:5, Funny)

by rlanctot ( 310750 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @05:43PM (#9669312)

1) Open source gives away software for free.
2) Giving something away for free is anti-capitalist.
3) Anti-capitalism is Communism!
4) Communists don't think like you and I do.
5) You or I would never kill a puppy.
6) As neither of us would kill a puppy, and communists don't think like you or I do, communists will kill puppies.
7) Therefore, Open Source Kills puppies.
8) Hence: Chewbacca.

(It's satire people...)

Re:More nonsense (Score:1, Funny)

by Lord Kano ( 13027 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @05:46PM (#9669336) Homepage Journal

More nonsense from Gates. I doubt anyone's still listening to him at this point (except US Republicans, who only listen to him because he keeps feeding them megabucks in payo... er, brib... er, campaign contributions [yeah, that's it]).

In short, go fuck yourself.

I'm a Republican, and I sit here typing this message with three computers under the desk. One is a WinXP box, One is running Mandrake 9.2 if i586 and the third is running Mandrake 9.2 for PPC.

Who's listening to gates? PHBs and the suits that they serve.

Political parties have nothing to do with it.

LK

It is you who are to blame. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @07:00PM (#9669843)

Bourgeois scum!

You have the luxury of doing for free what others must do to support themselves and their families.

It is you who are to blame.

Instead of sipping tea in your luxurious mansion, you should be stripped of it and the funds used to employ those who will be grateful for the work.

Re:It is you who are to blame. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @07:28PM (#9670043)

To troll properly, you need to be more SUBTLE!

Please try again...

One more for the list .... (Score:4, Funny)

by e_AltF4 ( 247712 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @07:38PM (#9670114)

"Open Source Kills Jobs"
-- Bill Gates, 2004

"You shouldn't get overly paranoid thinking that Microsoft's a broad competitor and it's not possible to work with us."
-- Bill Gates, 1997

"The Internet? We are not interested in it"
-- Bill Gates, 1993

"I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time."
-- Bill Gates - OS/2 Programmer's Guide 1988

"The next generation of interesting software will be made on a Macintosh,
not an IBM PC."
-- 1984

"640 Kilobyte ought to be enough for anybody."
-- Bill Gates, 1981

"Microsoft programs are generally bug-free."
-- Bill Gates, on code stability, from Focus Magazine

Re:History is against him. (Score:2, Funny)

by mibus ( 26291 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @07:48PM (#9670177) Homepage

Good whips are still around though, just not those buggy ones. Just ask Indiana Jones.

(Or this guy I know's girlfriend... ;-)

So that's how they'll handle Apple! (Score:2, Funny)

by ernstp ( 641161 ) writes: <ernstp.gmail@com> on Sunday July 11, 2004 @08:31PM (#9670444)

Poor Steve...

Re:Scale, not growth. (Score:2, Funny)

by flacco ( 324089 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @09:25PM (#9670713)

Expect to see them go through an extremely painful transition resembling the finest medieval torture techniques....
i think i just came in my pants!

Re:whew... (Score:2, Funny)

by AkaXakA ( 695610 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @09:43PM (#9670825) Homepage

where Microsoft misses the wrong boat

So you mean to say they get on the right boat?

I don't see what the problem is then. :P

Re:History is against him. (Score:2, Funny)

by sharkey ( 16670 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @09:54PM (#9670892)

Grandparent: But the smart buggy whip makers turned to making sex toys. Sex always sells!
Parent: Microsoft suffers from the same problem - there's just no market for their buggy products anymore.

Well, put these together and they have a vast untapped market for their Force-Feedback Sidewinder joystick.

In related news... (Score:5, Funny)

by mabu ( 178417 ) * writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @10:39PM (#9671150)

* Burger King announces burgers cooked on a griddle are inferior to flame broiled; increased consumption of griddle-cooked burgers will result in major job loss in "manufacturing sector"

* Head of the republican national party criticizes John Kerry

* Donald Trump names another building after himself

* GAP spokesperson lauds the success of NAFTA

* Bill O'Reilly accuses Michael Moore of being "un-American"

* Humvee automaker claims proposed fuel consumption standands are a danger to society

* Larry King interviews Martha Stewart's pool guy and asks the tough questions everyone's dying to know. Chlorine or Bromine?

* Clear Channel Communications questions the integrity of smaller radio radio stations insisting, "They don't have the resources to report news according to established journalistic standards."

* Consensus at 2004 annual meeting of Zoologists confirms: "Bears do shit in the woods."

Re:Open Source Kills Jobs (Score:3, Funny)

by NeuroManson ( 214835 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @11:02PM (#9671261) Homepage

He's not dead, he's pining for the fjords.

Makes sense... (Score:4, Funny)

by soccerisgod ( 585710 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @02:38AM (#9672310)

... if you don't think about it.

I'm a developer running my own business, so In a manner of speaking I do not have a job, not being employed by anyone. So perhaps he's right ;)

Re:History is against him. (Score:3, Funny)

by raju1kabir ( 251972 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @09:01AM (#9673659) Homepage

3-5%? says who? Google's Zeitgeist says 1% [for Linux].... and that's probably that most accurate source of OS usage around.

No, your methodology is inherently flawed: Linux users already know all the URLs, so they don't use Google.

Search engines are for knock-kneed ninnies with no memorization skills.

Go ahead, ask me anything. I'll tell you what page it's on.

Re:Some Questions about People? (Score:4, Funny)

by fuzzybunny ( 112938 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @09:11AM (#9673745) Homepage Journal

Bill Gates uses Windux.
Bill Joy uses the Network (it's the Computer!)
Steve Jobs' entire evil overlord alpine command center runs on NextStep
Linus uses FreeBSD (but on a Transmeta)
Kevin Mitnick uses no OS, he's not allowed to
Richard Stallmann bangs two rocks together in binary, but they're free rocks!
Dr. Phil runs Microsoft Bob (tm) (it cares)
Oprah uses UGoGirlnix
Martha Stewart uses OS/390 over a VT100 at the prison library
Michael Moore uses Windows (it's also bloated and stupid)
George Bush uses an etch-a-sketch
John Kerry used to use a Mac but his chin kept hitting the touchpad

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whew... (Score:5, Funny)

It may kill jobs... (Score:5, Funny)

Jobs: Open Source will kill Gates. (Score:5, Funny)

billy, buddy... (Score:0, Funny)

Visual Basic generates jobs (Score:5, Funny)

Poor Bill (Score:1, Funny)

Re:whew... (Score:2, Funny)

Translation: (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Poor Bill (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Poor Bill (Score:5, Funny)

Bill is right! (Score:5, Funny)

Open Source Kills Jobs (Score:3, Funny)

Re:History is against him. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Obvious quote (Score:1, Funny)

Re:stupid argument (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Obvious quote (Score:5, Funny)

Re:History is against him. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Jobs: Open Source will kill Gates. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:More nonsense (Score:1, Funny)

Re:stupid argument (Score:2, Funny)

... but bundling & dumping creates jobs! (Score:4, Funny)

Proof that open source kills puppies... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:More nonsense (Score:1, Funny)

It is you who are to blame. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:It is you who are to blame. (Score:1, Funny)

One more for the list .... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:History is against him. (Score:2, Funny)

So that's how they'll handle Apple! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Scale, not growth. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:whew... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:History is against him. (Score:2, Funny)

In related news... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Open Source Kills Jobs (Score:3, Funny)

Makes sense... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:History is against him. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Some Questions about People? (Score:4, Funny)

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