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bill gates to step down as chief soft. architect
H_TeXMeX_H:
I love the comments on that site:
--- Quote ---...I have always admired Bill Gates himself to a certain degree...
...I agree. I admire Bill Gates, because he has given away over 1/3 of all the money he has ever made...
...I think Gates did a fine job with his too, I wonder if microsoft will be any different without him... Bill rocks...
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Ahhhhh ... people ... so easily fooled and manipulated ... no wonder it's so easy to get filthy rich with so little effort, the only trick is to stay with the facade to the very end ... as philosophers say it:
Make people think you are good while doing as you wish ... the bad :D
Appear to be doing good things while doing the opposite.
WMD:
I admire Bill Gates. He's among the best businessmen in history.
What happens because of him is a different matter entirely. ;)
piratePenguin:
I admire Bill Gates in the same way I admire Hitler.
worker201:
--- Quote from: WMD ---I admire Bill Gates. He's among the best businessmen in history.
What happens because of him is a different matter entirely. ;)
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I cannot agree with you here at all. I believe that all the problems we accuse Microsoft of, including virus propagation, security holes, cross-platform incompatibility, and general instability, were part of his business plan from the beginning.
I can certainly agree that he holds the record for most money ever made, and perhaps even a record for the most convoluted and contradictory business plan. But the web of lies which Microsoft uses to dupe the customer into begging for more anti-customer punishment can hardly be called good business.
Recap - ridiculous monetary success based on lies != good businessman
WMD:
--- Quote from: worker201 ---Recap - ridiculous monetary success based on lies != good businessman
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Except: good business =! good for the customer (necessarily). If you've got the general public begging you for your shitty product (see: stock footage of Bill autographing Windows 98 retail boxes), I'd say you've conquered the idea of business as far as it can go. He may not be an ethical businessman, but that's why ethics is given its own course in college. ;)
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