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You're comparing Gates with his poor quality virusware to RMS who has written incomparably important parts of the Unix operating system and made it free for all
by mrgordon 9y ago
You're comparing Gates with his poor quality virusware to RMS who has written incomparably important parts of the Unix operating system and made it free for all. Then you decide to act like RMS is the one that doesn't belong in the list. LOL
The core code of Unix will live on long past the current incarnation of Windows.
Gates is a ruthless business man and thats the only reason his name is larger in your mind. His most striking quote was about how you give Windows licenses for free to Africa so they get addicted and have to keep buying it even though they can't afford it and Unix is free due to familiarity. Meanwhile RMS labored quietly to build a better world.
- mrgordon 9y agoCan't help but laugh at anyone who would downvote this. Sorry I insulted someone on the Forbes wealthiest list. I know how that offends your capitalist sensibilities. Meanwhile due to Gates we're stuck with "worse is better": https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html