On 2004-01-26 11:56:33 +0000 Tarquin Mills <speccyverse@ntlworld.com> wrote:
Syd Hancock wrote:
Bill Gates to get a knighthood. So What are we going to do about it??????????????
Ignore it and do something more useful, if we've got any sense. Honours are archaic and irrelevant. If TPTB want to make themselves look silly, let them. It is better to campaign against software patents, bad things in the "EU Intellectual Property Directive" and other threats, than to bother much with one man. That said, maybe we can suggest Prince Charles has a pie ready at investiture? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef@jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/