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Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old by asfgionio on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @11:35AM (#16868202)
>What makes you the judge of a "great programmer"?

What makes the market the judge? It's picked some really terrible technology.

>Sorry, no matter Bill Gates' programming skills, he was a genius at running and growing a business.

Why is "running and growing a business" a good thing? I would say Microsoft is pretty good evidence that it's often harmful.

Do you think Elizabeth Holmes, Al Capone, and Bernie Madoff deserve to be rich? They were all pretty good at what they did.

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Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old by bluedevil2k on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @11:39AM (#16868235)
You're comparing criminals to Bill Gates? Really? Some people can't be argued with when they make wild baseless claims.
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Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old by rak00n on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:11AM (#16873701)
You're almost trolling. We're on the edge of defining what's good and bad.
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