alt Hacker NewsWow, then there we go: don't hate the player, hate the game. You're telling me even Bill Gates wasn't evil until the system forced him to either become evil or get shut down.
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serf • yesterday at 8:40 PM
I think , probably, evil covers a wider spectrum than whether or not you're in bed with feds.
b112 • yesterday at 2:47 PM
Well, one aspect of evil anyhow.
DANmode • yesterday at 4:09 PM
> even Bill Gates
Not a big news person?
miroljub • yesterday at 4:40 PM
How can you say someone visiting Epstein island is not evil?
Kudos • yesterday at 2:51 PM
Poor innocent early 00s Microsoft corrupted by the system.
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No, he just say he's inexperienced.
Bill Gates published that infamous open letter about copying software, and both Bill Gates and Brad Smith said that Microsoft's core pillar is IP: "Microsoft is built upon the idea of having IP and protecting and using it" (paraphrased by me).
The quotes I can find by digging the net:
> Microsoft was founded on the premise that software is valuable intellectual property that people should pay for. --Bill Gates
> Microsoft was founded on intellectual property. Intellectual property is the foundation of our business. --Brad Smith (This is the quote I remember in the first place)
So, Microsoft never wanted to be an open company. They were the epitome of the closed source, behemoth software company, where you get the goods, get to use it, and pay them for the privilege.