Yet another reason to get angry with Bill...

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http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-03-16T011042Z_01_N15248895_RTRUKOC_0_US-MICROSOFT-GATES.xml

"By Joel Rothstein

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile,
Research) Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates on
Wednesday mocked a $100 laptop computer for developing countries being
developed with the backing of rival Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote,
Profile, Research) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The $100 laptop project seeks to provide inexpensive computers to
people in developing countries. The computers lack many features found
on a typical personal computer, such as a hard disk and software.

"The last thing you want to do for a shared use computer is have it be
something without a disk ... and with a tiny little screen," Gates
said at the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum in suburban Washington.

"Hardware is a small part of the cost" of providing computing
capabilities, he said, adding that the big costs come from network
connectivity, applications and support.""

<snip>
""If you are going to go have people share the computer, get a
broadband connection and have somebody there who can help support the
user, geez, get a decent computer where you can actually read the text
and you're not sitting there cranking the thing while you're trying to
type," Gates said."

SO...
I see two major points here:
1) He clearly doesn't understand WHY this project is so important and
to whom it's being targeted.
2) He's admitting that his software is the most expensive part of a computer.


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