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So, Microsoft were cunts from the day 0. Why am I not surprised?
by Mikhail_K 3y ago
So, Microsoft were cunts from the day 0. Why am I not surprised?
- amelius 3y agoIt's not specific for Microsoft.
- e40 3y agoReally just Gates, though. This is the money quote to show what type of person Roberts was > “The most important thing is to be honorable, and kind of work from there,” he replied. He spoke about the various times MITS had come close to failure, only to be saved by the blind trust placed in him by others. “If you have integrity, that makes up for a lot of things. A lot of inadequacies. I never lied to anyone. I always told them exactly what the situation was and what we could do to get out of it. That’s true for life in general as well. Don’t lie to yourself.” Such a sharp contrast to Gates’ behavior.
- amelius 3y agoGates still allowed Microsoft Research to publish an enormous amount of useful research. Something that I don't see at that scale at e.g. Apple. He is just a very clever businessman.
- gumby 3y agoHe is, but not a nice person, which continues to come through despite spending his money trying to whitewash his reputation.
- musicale 3y agoCaptains of industry (including the Gateses, Jobses, and Musks of this world) might not be nice people necessarily (and often aren't), but I still appreciate their contributions. Microsoft's products from the 1970s and 1980s (notably BASIC, Word and Excel) were certainly influential. Windows delivered a Mac-style GUI for cheap PCs. MSR as noted has produced all sorts of good research.
- Mikhail_K 3y ago> I still appreciate their contributions Do you also appreciate the contributions of street robbers to trickling down of the wealth and drug dealers to the freedom of commerce?
- Mikhail_K 3y agoAccording to the article, Roberts believed that Gates gave a false testimony to the court in order to gain property rights over "Altair BASIC". "Just a very clever businessman"?
- edg5000 3y agoMaybe Gates saw, that although the Altair was a great demonstrator of the groundbreaking Intel 8080 it was built around, real user value was yet to be delivered by either successors or competitors to the Altair. Maybe Gates saw the value in his BASIC implementation and wanted to maintain the option to sell it to other home computer manufacturers.
- jaredhallen 3y agoI'm sure he did want to. That doesn't make what he apparently did ethical.