Africa declared free of wild polio

Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by monetus on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @04:47PM (#24275907)

I would assume there to be a multitude of bad reasons, but as for a good one.. If you forced me to pick one driving one, the perception that he is laundering his reputation through philanthrophy would hopefully be it.

A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad the good.

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Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by strictnein on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @04:52PM (#24275955)

His reputation didn't really need "laundering". He ran a software company, sometimes aggressively, but people act like he ran a private military corporation and trafficked in blood diamonds.

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Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by vlunkr on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @05:38PM (#24276468)

Agreed, outside of unix-like tech circles, I don't know that his reputation was ever that bad.

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Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by monetus on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:05AM (#24281291)

I would say the negative perception extends pretty far past unix-like tech circles, now at least.

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