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> by any means necessary.

While I agree this is technically accurate, it implies there was something imoral about how he got his money. He created the most popular modern OS and a myriad of other technical innovations. It would be almost impossible to create more positive good in the world through his charitable donations than Microsoft




This is such a whitewash of Microsoft's history. There's a reason Microsoft is a convicted monopolist - they used brutally unfair tactics to push out competitors, including open source ones. Have we all forgotten the IE winter when browser innovation stopped for almost a decade thanks to Microsoft killing Netscape in the crib?

Microsoft is not an ethical company - a pattern that has continued today with their user-hostile decisions.


Gates was so hated during the early growth days of Microsoft, that he literally got pied in the face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK6SS8CXYZo




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