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Karen Hill |
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Re: Dr. Bill Gates, Philanthropist, Genius, and Visionary. FSF? What has it done? |
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23 Jun 2006 16:12:01 -0700 |
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Da'Punk-A wrote:
> Karen Hill wrote:
> > That is how the major news networks and PBS covered Bill Gates'
> > annoucement of his upcoming retirement.
> >
> > Dr. Bill Gates has two honorary PhDs, one from the prestigious
> > Linkoping University of Sweden.
>
> Yes, two /honorary/ PhDs. What about real academic qualifications?
> Whoops, he's a college drop-out. An extremely wealthy college
> drop-out, of course. And if wealth is how you measure success, then
> you'd call him a successful drop-out.
>
Honorary PhDs are real degrees. In fact in academic circles, an
honorary PhD is thought of very highly because to earn one a person has
to accomplish a great deal in life rather than just sit through 7 years
of school like other doctors.
> Is it correct to call him "Doctor" Gates when his PhDs are pretend?
>
Once again, his PhDs are not pretend. They are legitimate degrees.
Bill Gates has an Erdos number of 4 thanks to his published
mathematical paper with Christos H. Papadimitriou BTW.
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- Re: Dr. Bill Gates, Philanthropist, Genius, and Visionary. FSF? What has it done?, Da'Punk-A, 2006/06/23
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