That comment was correctly flagged because it broke the site guidelines, as does this one, in several ways.

Would you please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and follow the rules when posting here? We ban accounts that break them repeatedly.

As for "Microsoft people on HN", that is a red herring. The OP is currently in the #2 position and hardly flattering to MS. Ditto for many comments in the thread. When you review the site guidelines, please note the one asking users not to post insinuations of astroturfing without evidence.

Making blanket, vague criticism against "millenials" isn't particularly great discourse.

Edit: And after your edit just now adding a reference to Germany is _so close_ to being Godwin's Law? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

I referenced post-WW2 Germany for their demonstrated ability to deal with a past national sin. Sorry, I thought that was an obvious reference.

Edit: Did you really miss the word "after"?

> Did you really miss the word "after"?

Nope. That's why I said "so close".

So.. what you really mean is "totally irrelevant"? Ok.

Perhaps it says that HN readers believe bill gates’ personal wealth has little relevance to the story?

I didn't flag it, but it's a weird jab at millennials.

These nonsense comments smack of a personal agenda that is more concerned with hating him because he has money than anything to do with this article, which is the point of discussion here. Gates' Reddit AMA response and how much money he has is irrelevant in the context of an article about Nadella's leadership of a Microsoft nearly two decades after his departure.

What about these comments of mine are nonsense, in your optionion? Please clarify in detail.

I'm not hating at Bill Gates for having money. I'm hating at him because he abused the market and set us back. We would have been so much further by now in terms of software development if it hadn't been for him.

People hating Bill Gates have always been a minority. I was a Mac user on the late 90s internet, and "Windows rules!" was the theme of the day. The less technically savvy had even less reason to hate him.

The people who think he set things back horribly are not a majority of the general public in any age group.

Please stop.