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Bill Gates: It's a Wonderful Life
By: Jim Rapoza
2008-06-24
Article Rating:    / 25
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Bill Gates: It's a Wonderful Life (
Page 1 of 3 ) What the world would have been like if Gates had never been born.Meet Bill.
At first glance, Bill appears to be an ordinary man. But he is anything but ordinary.
In his time, Bill helped spur the PC revolution that has changed how
people work and live. And he built one of the most powerful and
influential companies that the world has ever seen.
But today is the day that Bill is stepping down from day-to-day
activities at the company that he built, and he cant help but feel sad.
What have I really accomplished? thinks Bill, sitting in his plush
office. Sure, theres the obscene amount of money Ive made. And the
power and influence Ive gained over countries and markets. And, of
course, the many competitors that were crushed.
But, still, lots of people make fun of or even actively dislike our
products. All the cool kids want to use the stuff from that guy Steves
fruity company. And those darn open-source guys are giving away
software that we could be making millions selling.
With a heavy sigh, Bill says out loud, You know, sometimes I wish I had never been born.
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| | CPMNot sure anyone else remembers, but when the PC (at least the XP variant which had a hard drive) was first being sold, there were TWO operating... Posted At: 07-07-08 By: Ray | | | | | | A user comment on this articlethe free economy systems largest enemy are it's participants, Microsoft was the best example to prove that. it created a monopoly with the support of... Posted At: 06-29-08 By: Anonymous | | | | | | Yo Darvos......for a guy who hates speculation, you sure speculate a lot. And just give us the Cliffs Notes would ya, there, Hemingway? Wordy bastard. Posted At: 06-27-08 By: Frumunda Cheez | | | | | | Revisionist ComputingI can forgive the author if he is in his early 20's (not that I know but it would explain allot), but someone has to decry these types of articles.... Posted At: 06-25-08 By: Davros | | | | | | What Utter CrapTo think that the cost of computers was brought down due to their "commoditization" by Microsoft just shows how little the author knows about... Posted At: 06-25-08 By: Daeng Bo | | | | | | >>> Post your comment now! | | | | | |
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