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Bill Gates is a horrible person. (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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So I just read Bill Gates' 1976 Open Letter To Hobbyists, in which he whines about not making more money from his software. You know, instead of being proud of making software that people wanted to use. And then the bastard went on and made proprietary licences for software the industry standard, holding back innovation and freedom for decades. What a douche canoe.

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[–] 65 points 8 months ago (3 children)

We all know that every billionaire is a horrible person. They can't be anything else.

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  • [–] 42 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    You don't get to a billionnwithout exploiting people along the way.

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  • [–] -5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Warren Buffet is ok in my book.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Would you care to elaborate why he is okay in your book? Do you believe that he can make money out of thin air, without harming other people (mostly those who have the least)? Do you believe that when he invests in Goldman Sachs during the economic crisis in 2008, that it was a good choice? That making money of people losing homes and lives is what a good, or even "ok" person does?

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