Bill Gates Knighthood
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Trollslayer wrote: I was just wondering how much Bill Gates does for charities ? It would be interesting to find out. Well, he's put a sizable portion of his wealth into the Gates Foundation: "...the Seattle-based foundation has an endowment of approximately $26 billion through the personal generosity of Bill and Melinda Gates." (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/AboutUs/[^]) I think the Gates Foundation is also keen on making sure that the money given to it is being used efficiently and gets to the people who need it - something suprisingly few charities actually do. It wouldn't be wrong to describe the Gates' as the most generous philanthropists in the world. -- Ian Darling "The different versions of the UN*X brand operating system are numbered in a logical sequence: 5, 6, 7, 2, 2.9, 3, 4.0, III, 4.1, V, 4.2, V.2, and 4.3" - Alan Filipski
In that case a knighthood is well deserved ! The tigress is here :-D
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In that case a knighthood is well deserved ! The tigress is here :-D
There are plenty of other deserving cases too - the world is full of people who either give large amounts or work for charity. Bill got his for politcial reasons not because he is a great humanitarian. He was probably promised one when he offered to pour money into Cambridge University.
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There won't actually be a sword involved as this is an "honorary" knighthood and not a "substantive" knighthood. See this article[^] by the BBC to see what will actually be involved and find out a bit more about what Bill Gates can actually "do" with his knighthood. --Colin Mackay--
EuroCPian Spring 2004 Get Together[^] "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
What exactly is a "substantive" knighthood, other than a cool title and a foolproof way of meeting women? Do you get any extra rights or privileges?
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What exactly is a "substantive" knighthood, other than a cool title and a foolproof way of meeting women? Do you get any extra rights or privileges?
The guy's got £22 billion, I shouldn't think he has problem, I mean he's in the position to copy indecent proposal!
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Just wondered what people's oppinion was on Bill Gates getting knighted
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Just wondered what people's oppinion was on Bill Gates getting knighted
Since I think the whole Knighthood thing is lame, I really don't care. Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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What exactly is a "substantive" knighthood, other than a cool title and a foolproof way of meeting women? Do you get any extra rights or privileges?
With a substantive knighthood IIRC you go down on one knee and get "dobbed"(sp?) (Where she takes a sword and touches you on the sholder with it) and then the Queen says "Arise, Sir...". The use of the "Sir" title is also permitted with a substantive knighthood. Bill Gates won't get any of that because he's getting an "Honorary" knighthood. He can upgrade to "substantive" at anytime if he becomes a British Citizen. --Colin Mackay--
EuroCPian Spring 2004 Get Together[^] "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
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Just wondered what people's oppinion was on Bill Gates getting knighted
For...? cheers, Chris Maunder
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For...? cheers, Chris Maunder
Because Tony Blair and Gordon Brown think he's such a "stand up" guy, you know! --Colin Mackay--
EuroCPian Spring 2004 Get Together[^] "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
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It will be interesting to see him armour... :-D Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...
In that case, I challenge Sir William Gates to a joust!! Sure, you can have WinXP as an OS for your horse. I think it would be great to see you riding a blue screen of death. Just have to figure out where on the horse are the Alt-Ctrl-Del keys. Or even worse, where the reset button is. I actually wonder if he plans on having some kind of knight-themed applications now. Yes, I know, they're all stupid comments.
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Because Tony Blair and Gordon Brown think he's such a "stand up" guy, you know! --Colin Mackay--
EuroCPian Spring 2004 Get Together[^] "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
Colin Angus Mackay wrote: he's such a "stand up" guy, you know! Bill Gates has a standup comedy routine? :confused: I thought he was sitting down during all those DOJ hearings... Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World