Ask HN: Bill Gates - Hero or Villain?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8674644
Basically, it’s a discussion about how Microsoft held back the internet 6-7 years.
Imagine that. Human society would be 6-7 years in some respect.
I also read about Gary Kidall, the creator of CP/M. Bill gates created a variant of it, MS-DOS, and the rest is history. He was endlessly compared by the media to Bill Gates. He became an alcoholic and died in a bar fight.
Today he’s a forgotten pioneer.
As an entrepreneur, that really strikes me. Imagine a business dealing that made my partner an addict and so bitter he dies violently.
Bill Gates would also “date rape” companies by making fake overtures to acquire software companies and gather intel.
Meanwhile, Bill Gates gets a ton of good press. My friend’s wife recently “liked” his facebook page, and she’s the hippie granola, anti-capitalism type.
What do you think?