Letters to the Editor
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Some funny stuff
I've never been a Bill Gates fan. I've spent too many years of my working life dealing in the crap world of MS products that never did work as advertised. Gahhh! Horrible!
Gates has always been overrated as an innovator, in my opinion. His so called "vision" of technology always seemed to be focused more on having Microsoft dominate whatever emerged than having the world benefit from the technology itself. If Microsoft couldn't dominate it, well, lots of luck seeing it get much play in the marketplace. I can't remember the exact words, but early in his career he supposedly took as his motto something like, "Microsoft everywhere!" with the unspoken threat right behind it "Whether you want it or not." Resistance is futile.
But in the past few years, I have to admit that Gates has seemed to mellow. He's started his foundation, and he is one of the few billionaires on the planet that seems to understand that the purpose of having money is not just so one can acquire more money. The video was actually pretty funny in spots, and Gates seems ready to do some good in the world, so I'm willing to say, farewell, Bill. Enjoy your retirement, go forth and do good.
Steve Ballmer still makes my skin crawl, however.