Re:Bill Gates has donated over $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime
by stackcollision on Friday February 15, 2013 @09:16AM
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Even if you don't like Windows, you've got to admit that Gates is a good guy.
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Re:Bill Gates has donated over $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime
by arbuge on Friday February 15, 2013 @09:20AM
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Indeed - or at least he's become one. Something good did come out of Windows after all...
Re:Bill Gates has donated over $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime
by rednukleus on Friday February 15, 2013 @09:46AM
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Windows has been a good product for the average user since 1995, and has been great since Windows 7; it's just their business practices that were a problem. And to be honest, they were hardly the worst offender there either.
Re:Bill Gates has donated over $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime
by kamjam on Friday February 15, 2013 @10:22AM
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it's just their business practices that were a problem
Yes, agree. But everything is relative, right. All of a sudden the stuff they were doing doesn't seem that evil, and the hip kids from the block are suing the pants off everyone else that comes to play in their playground.
Re:Bill Gates has donated over $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime
by fdw2 on Friday February 15, 2013 @09:57AM
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An interesting, speculative discussion would be to examine if the harm (if any) that came from Microsoft's monopolistic activities is out-valued by the good done by Gates in his foundation.
Where would the value captured by Microsoft and Gates have been redirected if MS didn't have a monopoly on the PC industry until recently? My guess is not fighting tropical diseases- but where?