How can we know since he forced his vision on the world for so many years in technology? At the very least, the fact BeOS isn't giving Windows and Apple a run

How can we know since he forced his vision on the world for so many years in technology? At the very least, the fact BeOS isn't giving Windows and Apple a run for their money is a travesty. The idea that super-rich people need to be super rich to do great things and society can't just come together to do them (Do you have the same reverence for the NIH? An entity that actually pays for indirect costs, unlike the Gates' Foundation.) is such a farce.