> Gates may have been a bit of an asshole when running Microsoft, but he was part of bringing computers to the masses and he seems to be really interested to do

> Gates may have been a bit of an asshole when running Microsoft, but he was part of bringing computers to the masses and he seems to be really interested to doing good in the world. well, that's certainly a really, really interesting cover for his actions at MS. he pretty clearly used anti-competitive behavior to gain an advantage. if you acknowledge that as well, then what you seem to be claiming is that it's ok, given that he's now a good guy, doing various good works around the world. facts as they are, that wealth may not have been concentrated among this individual had his monopolistic behaviors been curbed earlier or crushed outright. so, yeah, we should be grateful that bill is doing good things for the world, but there's no reason to use that as an excuse for this sort of brazen lawlessness-cum-world savior archetype that seems to be what a lot of really, really wealthy people are going for.