Microsoft founder Bill Gates set to become the world’s first TRILLIONAIRE

thesun.co.uk

5 points·mbosch··3 comments

Karma?

I wonder if he really thinks holding the world hostage with proprietary software is ethical? You would think the guy would be 100% aware of the barriers Microsoft creates for people struggling in third world countries, yet MS has no problem handing out free copies of Windows in third world countries to to get people hooked into the closed system so that they can eventually create profit which Bill Gates claims to be using to fight malaria, yet he just keeps making more and more money.

I just wonder if he's aware that his OS is the least accessible to the poor, and that proprietary software is generally bad for developing societies.

I wish the circle jerk around this guy would come to an end.

Proprietary software was a mistake.

What would you want to see Bill Gates hand out?

Also the article was very vague to me, I don't know what they base this all on, but a 900 billion increase in wealth in 25 years based on what?

Edit: found a better article with this: "For the hypothetical analysis, Oxfam researchers applied the rate of growth he has been enjoying, 11 per cent per year since 2009, to Gates' current levels of wealth (over USD 84 billion, according to Forbes)"

That clears that up. nice interest rate.

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