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It always make me laugh when I see so many comment talk about the guy like they know him. "Tim", first name basis. Like when they talk about Gates and they sa

• expertentipp 3y ago
  I just took it from guy's domain without bothering to learn his full name. Is knowing or not knowing him some kind of internet meme or what? If not MS' predatory global OEM practices I wouldn't know "Bill" either, unfortunately I do.
• effingwewt 3y ago
  To me that's normal, it doesn't imply familiarity. When you speak of someone without a title- if not formal, you just use the name. Johnny Depp isn't Mr Depp unless it's super formal. In fact to me it seems far more abnormal calling Bill Gates just 'Gates'. Maybe it's a cultural thing?
  • sidibe 3y ago
    Usually last names only are used by journalists after the first time. Therefore you see one name it's usually the last name with no title. The exception is VERY famous people with unique first names like Oprah, Elon, LeBron. I suspect the reason people say "Bill" and "Tim" is because these companies have 100K+ employees for whom using their first name is the norm and expected (for example would be weird to watch management use anything else with each other at all hands meetings), and they do it in public too, so other people on the tech internet do it too.
• 93po 3y ago
  Do you also find fault with everyone that refers to Elon Musk as Elon?