My Interview at "Die Welt" (2000/01/15)

"A small triumph is it already", adds Dieter Gerth. The 24-years old administrator operates one of the most popular Anti-Gates-Pages in Germany in the Internet. The fact that the Windows king is now away from the window makes happy him "naturally a little". Probably it makes him happy even much, because a majority of the Internet municipality is since more with the sun king the software industry on war foot. It almost already belongs to the label to make for its Microsoft aversion to each opportunity air.

Each surfer lends there by differently printout to his protest. In the case the page address already contains the message of the Internet page "IhateBillGates.com" (I hate Bill Gates). Apart from the usual jokes and photo assemblies here "I hate Bill Gates"-tShirts are offered, to two pieces for 26 dollar. Other networkinhabitants do not let it at those funny things. A surfer has the movement "Bill Gates is called the Anti-Christian" in the life. On the basis of Bible quotations(revealing, chapter 13) it wants to prove to be able that the Microsoft founder is the real one. This view does not by the way only seem to be limited to a few religious zealot: The renowned searchmachine Google answered long time to the question "which is the bad?" with a reference to the homepage of the software giant from Redmont.

But most Anti-Gates pages are rather fun-oriented. 1998 about were the program Bill Egg a large hit many owners of computer with Internet acces the virtual cake battle via E-Mail had at that timespread. By mouse-click can with Bill Egg all kinds of baking factory, tomatoes and eggs on the face of the software king be fired. What after the third system crash be also more beautiful, than applauding the origin whole un-Bills could a cake in the face?

"Helps something steam to discharge", adds also Gates opponents Dieter Gerth. The Anti-Gates homepage to program was a type of therapy. Program against the helplessness, as it were. Similarly it must probably the creators on the part of as give-gates-no-chance.de orthe author of the lampoon "stops emperors Billhelm on the way to theworld domination" to have been issued.

Despite all joy over the issue of its favourite enemy the Anti-Gates parliamentary group remains sceptical: Dieter Gerth believes, "that the products thereby also does not become better".But which is, if after Gates 'issue becomes still worse all? Uncertainty prevails, and some feels an approach of nostalgia. It canlast thus no longer for a long time, until the Anti-Gates parliamentary group registers first Convertiten. Perhaps it means then already soonin the network: "we want to again-have unsern old emperor Billhelm".

Dieter Gerths web page: http://antims.dgerth.com