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Perhaps unpopular opinion: I find Gates' need to show off in this particular manner, and his reaction to it not going as expected, to be in really poor taste, e
by pm90 5y ago
Perhaps unpopular opinion: I find Gates' need to show off in this particular manner, and his reaction to it not going as expected, to be in really poor taste, even if the author themselves seem to have not minded it.
There were so many ways in which this interaction could have gone. He could have a side chat with the author, talked about other instances where this did work etc. But no, he had to try to assert dominance in this really weird way, and when it didn't work, it made him mad.
- smoldesu 5y agoThat's the point of trade shows. Showing off is what you do at these things.
- pm90 5y agoSure, I’ve been to trade shows. You can usually show off your wares without being a dick to others.
- bananamerica 5y agoI wouldn't say unpopular, but it's hard to judge someone so severely for their behavior on a trade show 30+ years ago where none of us where present.
- pm90 5y agoNot sure I buy this argument. Are you only going to ever judge people based on first hand experience?
- bananamerica 5y agoNo of course not. But I'm less likely to do so when I'm far removed from an event in both time and space.
- jcranberry 5y agoI imagine the story is exaggerated.
- ncmncm 5y agoIt is worse than poor taste. They stuck a trojan in customers' code, not refected on the source code they were obliged to provide. And, delivered the source only as a listing, to make it harder to catch. Depending on the contract, it might have been out-and-out fraud.