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Microsoft did some shitty things. But really, the main thing people worry about was bundling a browser with the OS for free 20 years ago. Take a look at some of
by jsmeaton 9y ago
Microsoft did some shitty things. But really, the main thing people worry about was bundling a browser with the OS for free 20 years ago. Take a look at some of the shit companies are getting away with these days without a quarter of the hate.
You think spending billions of his own money every single year is about cleaning up his image over the anti-trust case? Give me a break.
- DoofusOfDeath 9y agoOne could reasonably argue that some of "his" wealth was obtained illegally. So what he's really doing os disposing of money that rightfully belongs to others. That's only generous in a very perverse sensenof the word.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThat's for courts to argue. He's not a criminal avoiding justice; anyone can sue it at any time for perceived wrongdoings. So far, the courts have been involved a few times in the past, and Microsoft paid the price determined by them. (Personally, I don't care about that either. In my eyes, all the good Gates has done to this day already far outweighs any shady business practices Microsoft has been engaged in the past.)
- InclinedPlane 9y agoYeah, it's funny in retrospect. What the "FANGS" get away with on a daily basis today would have resulted in Microsoft being declared satan's step child back in the day, how things change.
- mcv 9y ago> Microsoft did some shitty things. But really, the main thing people worry about was bundling a browser with the OS for free 20 years ago. That's not the thing people worry about, it's the thing Microsoft got convicted for. Stifling competing operating systems is still far worse in my opinion. Although it's true that the legacy of Internet Explorer still haunts the web development industry. Still, credit where it's due: I really appreciate how he's been using his wealth to fight disease ever since he left Microsoft.