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Re:Double life as a KGB agent by Cyph0n on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:42PM (#13625291)
Please stop throwing around Gates as an example of "working for humankind". His charitable work begun only very recently. Before that, he was a cold and ruthless money making machine.
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Re:Double life as a KGB agent by Luc on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:46PM (#13625302)
He set up his foundation 20 years ago. Still too recent?
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Re:Double life as a KGB agent by Cyph0n on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:54PM (#13625339)
I can start a foundation tomorrow. Your point?

In any case, he was a billionaire several times over by then. The MS IPO was over 30 years ago.

Edit: Now that I re-read my comment, I come off as an arrogant prick. Sorry about that.

All I really meant to say was that setting up a foundation != charitable work. Any poor guy - like me for example - can setup a foundation, but it will only exist on paper.

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Re:Double life as a KGB agent by striking on Saturday February 11, 2017 @07:10PM (#13625708)
Maybe you should start your foundation today rather than complaining that others don't do enough on an internet forum. One of those is more productive than the other.
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Re:Double life as a KGB agent by Cyph0n on Saturday February 11, 2017 @07:45PM (#13625863)
What I meant by starting a "foundation" is setting up a non-profit company on paper. I have nowhere near the financials to fund it though.

But yes, I agree, this is not productive at all. My bad.

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Re:Double life as a KGB agent by arca_vorago on Saturday February 11, 2017 @07:29PM (#13625792)
"His charitable work begun only very recently."

Oh you mean his tax deduction schemes?

"Before that, he was a cold and ruthless money making machine."

The world is going to suffer for decades under the proprietary NSA infected umbrella of his software. His ruthless machine lives on without him, he never turned it off.

Just wait and see, all this open sourcing from MS will increase and many will fall for the trap (embrace/extend), and then when the days of extenquish come around those of us who took the effort to transition to FOSS ecosystems will be far ahead of the game.

RMS is right. You either control the program or the program controls you.

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