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on Saturday October 18 2014, @02:29AM
from the patches-patching-patches-patching-patches-patching... dept.
from the patches-patching-patches-patching-patches-patching... dept.
Microsoft is best known as the maker of Windows operating system family. As you are aware, it often issues patches to fix issues with its software. You also probably know that Microsoft has to patch its patches frequently.
This week, Microsoft revoked one patch and re-issued another after they caused problems with the patched systems. The ongoing efforts of Microsoft to produce quality code have the expected results, again.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 18 2014, @06:26PM
Look at the for-profit companies in which his "philanthropic foundation" is invested: Big Pharma, for-profit prisons, for-profit schools.
As RedGreen noted, his "charity" is mostly about pushing "intellectual property" onto the recipient countries.
Gates has never been about anything but profit--specifically from IP.
If it -was- charity he is doing, Gates would NOT be getting richer [google.com] and richer. [google.com]
drinkypoo at the other site has addressed this topic many times very effectively. [googleusercontent.com] (no orig link[1]) [google.com]
Need more? Roy Schestowitz at TechRights has them by the bushel. [techrights.org]
[1] I'm not linking directly to the other site any more.
If the link is broken because Dice Holdings is still screwing around,
I advise you to substitute a valid 12-character string for the bogus one following q=cache:
-- gewg_