40 years ago, Bill Gates and Paul Allen started a small software company that they named Microsoft.
Thanks to their creation of the Windows operating system and the Office suite of productivity tools, the company is now one of the largest corporations in the world, and Bill Gates is the wealthiest person in the world with an estimated $78 billion.
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i don't believe computing will advance as fast as gates thinks its will.
prefab companies are to cheap and monopolistic, Diamond Semiconductors are the future but that future can be sold to the elite of the world for a good chunk of cash.
in the mean time the non elite plebs and slaves of the world will have to settle with another cheap silicon trick for the next 30 years.
A decade ago, Gates began committing full time on philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill Gates Dodges Questions on Why He Owns 500,000 Shares of Monsanto
It should come as no surprise, then, that Gates owns 500,000 shares worth 23 million US dollars (or more) of Monsanto stock. The very same company that has been caught running slave rings in Argentina in which workers were forced to work 14+ hours a day while withholding payment, has used their massive finances to fund organizations that literally fake FDA quotes to support GMOs, and of course peddling through GMOs that have been linked to numerous health concerns. philanthropy my ass
Originally posted by sikosrus: A decade ago, Gates began committing full time on philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill Gates Dodges Questions on Why He Owns 500,000 Shares of Monsanto
It should come as no surprise, then, that Gates owns 500,000 shares worth 23 million US dollars (or more) of Monsanto stock. The very same company that has been caught running slave rings in Argentina in which workers were forced to work 14+ hours a day while withholding payment, has used their massive finances to fund organizations that literally fake FDA quotes to support GMOs, and of course peddling through GMOs that have been linked to numerous health concerns. philanthropy my ass
And so because of that he has not participated in any type of philanthropy? Because of the reasons that you just wrote that nullifies the fact that he has participated in multiple projects that have helped hundreds of thousands of people?
I understand your stance but even the most evil have good days where they have helped someone. It doesn't excuse their evilness (I agree with you 100%) but just because someone is accused of doing A or is proven to be doing A does not erase that they do B as well.
Allegedly, Microsoft was built on a stolen idea. Apparently, Bill Gates was shown the first Apple machine buy Steve Jobs and he promptly designed "Windows" based on Steve Jobs idea.
Also I'm not certain, but I think Microsoft's wealth has been topped by Apple now.
Originally posted by marknc: Allegedly, Microsoft was built on a stolen idea. Apparently, Bill Gates was shown the first Apple machine buy Steve Jobs and he promptly designed "Windows" based on Steve Jobs idea.
Also I'm not certain, but I think Microsoft's wealth has been topped by Apple now.
Yes but an ideology in itself cannot be patented. Car companies spun off of Robert Anderson (first true electric car 200+years ago), others spun off of Karl Benz (first specific gasoline auto).
If they were alive now, they wouldn't be able to sue for patent infringement in a court of law that someone stole their idea. As long as Gates didn't take the exact replica of an Apple computer and name it something else, he's in the clear.
Legally perhaps. But conscience has a persistent voice. Perhaps Gates has forgotten all about it and so would I if I had made the kind of history he has.
