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I love Bill Gates. (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2020 OP
I like his wife too. CatMor Apr 2020 #1
+100 applegrove Apr 2020 #3
Yup, the guy that developed windows is o.k. with me. He's richer than God but he gives a lot abqtommy Apr 2020 #2
he is just like me and you. expect smarter with more money. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2020 #4
I agree. I don't begrudge Bill his riches, at least not in the same way I do with the Koch brothers. abqtommy Apr 2020 #5
Except for the antitrust/monopoly problems progressoid Apr 2020 #17
I worked there through the antitrust years RainCaster Apr 2020 #20
Which was overturned! Nt USALiberal Apr 2020 #24
If we had to elect a business man as President, Gates would have been a far better choice. Marie Marie Apr 2020 #6
+100 n/t KT2000 Apr 2020 #16
Me, not so much. marble falls Apr 2020 #7
Steve Jobs made the mistake Jspur Apr 2020 #8
Since GUI was invented in the Xerox research center, I don't know why pnwmom Apr 2020 #9
If Jobs didn't Jspur Apr 2020 #12
Just curious... DURHAM D Apr 2020 #14
Lets see the last 10 years Jspur Apr 2020 #18
Xerox did sue Apple. And Jobs doesn't deserve a pat on the back for how he cheated Steve Wozniak. pnwmom Apr 2020 #15
Lol, nice try! Nt USALiberal Apr 2020 #22
Why don't Right Wingers like him ? He is brought up all the time now when they are JI7 Apr 2020 #10
He's showing cilla4progress Apr 2020 #11
I love the Gates conspiracy story SCantiGOP Apr 2020 #13
Resurrect Paul Allen and ask him what he thinks. Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2020 #19
Lol, ok! Nt USALiberal Apr 2020 #23
Ugh, no 👎 Raine Apr 2020 #21

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
2. Yup, the guy that developed windows is o.k. with me. He's richer than God but he gives a lot
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 11:18 PM
Apr 2020

of money to worthy causes. Unlike SOME people...

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
5. I agree. I don't begrudge Bill his riches, at least not in the same way I do with the Koch brothers.
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 11:30 PM
Apr 2020

progressoid

(49,929 posts)
17. Except for the antitrust/monopoly problems
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 02:13 AM
Apr 2020

And predatory business practices against smaller software companies.

RainCaster

(10,815 posts)
20. I worked there through the antitrust years
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 02:41 AM
Apr 2020

I watched my boss testify to congress, and had my email locked down for more than a year. My opinion of the company is quite different than yours.

Jspur

(578 posts)
8. Steve Jobs made the mistake
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 12:03 AM
Apr 2020

Of trusting him which lead to Gates stealing GUI from Jobs. So I don’t trust him.

pnwmom

(108,953 posts)
9. Since GUI was invented in the Xerox research center, I don't know why
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 12:06 AM
Apr 2020

Steve Jobs had special claim to it.

Jspur

(578 posts)
12. If Jobs didn't
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 12:32 AM
Apr 2020

Have special claim, why would have Xerox let his company use GUI or even a refined version of their mouse without suing Apple?

Xerox had an agreement to invest in Apple in exchange for Apple getting to use there technology. Bill stole Apple’s ideas and tried to build a monopoly off of them. Bill’s giving away money he never deserved in the first place. He doesn’t need the pat on the back.

Jspur

(578 posts)
18. Lets see the last 10 years
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 02:37 AM
Apr 2020

I have volunteered at a local elections to help democratic candidates. I have helped register people to vote. I have also mentored kids who are at risk and helped them to get on the right path. Currently I have helped a bunch of young people register to vote who weren’t able to vote in the last election but will vote in this one and they have told me they are all going to vote for Biden. Keep in mind I live in a swing state so that’s a pretty good contribution.

Now tell me what contributions you have made?


pnwmom

(108,953 posts)
15. Xerox did sue Apple. And Jobs doesn't deserve a pat on the back for how he cheated Steve Wozniak.
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 01:06 AM
Apr 2020

And what fraction of his wealth did Jobs give away? Does he have a charitable foundation I haven't heard about?

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/15/business/company-news-xerox-sues-apple-computer-over-macintosh-copyright.html

The Xerox Corporation filed suit here today against Apple Computer Inc., accusing it of unlawfully using Xerox copyrights in its Macintosh and Lisa computers.
Xerox's suit, which was filed in Federal District Court, charges Apple with copyright misrepresentation and seeks more than $150 million in royalties and damages.

Xerox contends that the Lisa and Macintosh software stems from work originally done by Xerox scientists and that it was used by Apple without permission.

Xerox's own personal computers were not commercially successful, and for many years the company made no attempt to uphold the copyrights on its graphical interface software. Such software allows a user to select programs and instruct the computer by pointing at symbols on the screen rather than typing in commands.



https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/steve-wozniak-cried-jobs-kept-atari-bonus-267711

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has admitted he cried when he discovered that the late Steve Jobs had tricked him into designing a game for which Jobs received a majority of the profit.

Speaking to the BBC in the programme Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy, which aired on Wednesday evening, Wozniak explained that when Jobs had been approached by Atari to create a new "break-out" game, he got Wozniak to do the work, but only paid him less than half of what he received from the company for the job.

When asked if he was bitter about the deal, Wozniak said no, but confessed: "I cried, I cried quite a bit when I read that in a book." It was years later that Wozniak discovered he had been cheated by the tech guru.

JI7

(89,239 posts)
10. Why don't Right Wingers like him ? He is brought up all the time now when they are
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 12:08 AM
Apr 2020

spewing their conspiracy theories .

SCantiGOP

(13,862 posts)
13. I love the Gates conspiracy story
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 12:47 AM
Apr 2020

He developed the disease, and already has the vaccine but will let a million die before he puts it on the market to make MONEY.
He freakin gave away $10 billion, why wouldn’t he have just kept that instead of being the most evil monster in world history?
And another branch of the conspiracy is that the vaccine is just a ruse to get the microchip implanted into us.
Our Statehouse had a small “open up the state and let us kill your old people” rally, and one sign was “No Bill Gates vaccine, no mark of the beast.”
And these people have voter IDs and own guns.

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