the only way you could compare Gates to Robin Hood is if you've never heard of his letter to the Homebrew Computer Club[0]. But now you have, so you have no excuse anymore.

Gates made a career stealing from not just the poor, but the charitable[1]. Then he pioneered new ways to destroy competing markets[2] He'll have to cure cancer to offset the damage he's done.

0. http://www.digibarn.com/collections/newsletters/homebrew/V2_...

1. http://slashdot.org/story/00/05/02/158204/kerberos-pacs-and-...

2. http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween1.html