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Re:Bill Gates answers questions about Java during a depositi... by fnordfnordfnord on Sunday October 26, 2014 @06:26PM (#8512742)
>It's a very different Gates from the philanthrope we see today, but back in the 90ties he was a bit of a dick.

IMO Gates the businessman is just a ruthlessly competitive adversary. I don't even see a conflict between him then and his philanthropic activities now.

It was also covered pretty well at Groklaw http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=2005010107...

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Re:Bill Gates answers questions about Java during a depositi... by thomasahle on Sunday October 26, 2014 @07:49PM (#8513031)
> IMO Gates the businessman is just a ruthlessly competitive adversary.

Well, anticompetitive adversary.

> I don't even see a conflict between him then and his philanthropic activities now.

He certainly seems to be pretty good at both jobs.

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Re:Bill Gates answers questions about Java during a depositi... by fnordfnordfnord on Sunday October 26, 2014 @08:14PM (#8513115)
>Well, anticompetitive adversary.

Touche

>He certainly seems to be pretty good at both jobs.

I agree, and I am glad he gave us a likeable trait within his lifetime, unlike many of his robber-baron contemporaries and predecessors.

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