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It depends on how they became a billionaire. If all their employees and suppliers' employees have enough to eat, a good home, good health care, and the time, en
by Kye 7y ago
It depends on how they became a billionaire. If all their employees and suppliers' employees have enough to eat, a good home, good health care, and the time, energy, and means to live their best life, then they're probably okay. The better question is: can someone become a billionaire in a moral way? I can't think of one.
- throw1234651234 7y agoGates? Never really seen much bad attributed to him past being a spoiled kid.
- Kye 7y agoIt's amazing how fast things fade into history, isn't it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#Antitrust_litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#Antitrust_litigatio... The way he made his billions, and the company he built doing it, is why people are skeptical of the company's moves into open source even though he's not in charge anymore.
- throw1234651234 7y agoThanks for those links. To me, only the 2nd link there is outright "evil" though.
- keiferski 7y agoGates and Microsoft had an abysmal reputation until fairly recently.