I am not aware that I ever said that Gates personally wrote MS-DOS or Windows, but it was his technical skill that resulted in the founding of Microsoft and made everything else possible.
Well, seems to me this thread has turned into a ânew Sportâ⌠much like ping-pong⌠
I reckon there are views on which we will never all agree⌠so unless you really want to keep playing⌠perhaps we might just leave it at that⌠
or perhaps notâŚ
over and out⌠
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Forever the voice of reason Stella
HoweverâŚif someone made the bashing of Branson a real sport, I may be tempted to go into immediate intensive trainingâŚ
ps âbashing of Bransonâ isnât intended as a euphamismâŚI hope weâre clear on that
Thank you Stella.
Timothy Cole. Thanks for putting that right about Air France / KLM part ownership. It is quoted many times in Social Media, the traditional Media and at least once by me. A Google Search still shows that Air France / KLM owns 31% but much further down the search is a statement that the sale fell through.
Clearly I and a lot of other people are wrong.
Being Left-wing I suggest he has an agenda so will be a Branson Basher by default!
This from leftfootforward.org - " Prem Sikka is professor of accounting at the University of Sheffield and emeritus professor of accounting at the University of Essex. He is a contributing editor to LFF "
So as you are right wing does that make you a Branson supporter by default?
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Left or Right, Googles fact checkers havenât found anything untrue in this post.
Why should I be âright wingâ? You assume a lot.
I have avoided using labels on other posters as I choose not to presume.
Prem Sikka writes for a left wing web site so he puts it out there.
Labelling someone one one opinion alone is a tad iffy, donât you think?
So⌠not a fan then?
I donât dislike him, think heâs done quite a lot of good, but can understand where the anger lies at the moment. I met him a couple of times back in the day. He was always quite down to earth then, but a lot less rich.
The clue to your political stance was a throwaway comment about nationalised industries. I was just asking if you will always dismiss a POV from somebody you know to have different political views. It was you that brought it up after all.
Before anyone posts again, I would just like to suggest / request that you read @jamesâs post about being tolerant. Cheers!
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Surely being left-wing makes him less likely to be biased?
Since the political left and right terms arose - around the French Revolution - left-wing ideas have been closely linked with rationality, science and objectivity - and the right associated with religion, superstition and privileged interests.
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Hi Geof, thatâs an interesting point you make. I recall noticing during the Brexit debate (Iâm so sorry for bringing that up) that there were intolerant/biased people both left and right and it feels like people are far more polarised now than before that. I will try not to mention the B word on a non-B post again.
Izzy x
That does not get more definitive than that!
Some of my opinions might well be shared by right wingers & some by left wingers.
Nowadays I am fairly apolitical so please donât pin a label based on a couple of comments.
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OK I get the message.