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Yo, I love the work that billg is doing with his foundation, but as a company CEO, he made plenty of dick moves, like trying to dilute Paul Allen out of his wea

• brudgers 13y ago
  Netscape's founders had a 4.2 billion dollar exit that closed higher...following a 2.3 billion dollar IPO. Between internal decisions and the culture infused from AOL, suicide is a more apt analogy than homicide at the hands of Gates. I''ll take a moment to point out that it was Silicon Valley companies [don't forget "look and feel" from Apple] that were focused on litigation rather than innovation just a few years ago. Anyway, few people who reach Gate's age have done nothing blameworthy. That's just the price of adulthood. As fo
• rdl 13y ago
  He's made a turnaround perhaps greater than Rockefeller or Carnegie from probably being well over the line of ethical behavior in business, to an immense force for good in charity. It's pretty amazing. Warren Buffett, on the other hand, seems to have gotten rich through being basically fair but brilliant (and of course lucky, and hard working), and is making huge charitable contributions as well (both before pledging his wealth to the Gates Foundation and after).