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Flashback to 1984: Bill before the Billions
youtube.com — A great look back at Bill Gates before he became the worlds richest man; before he put the dollar ahead of the experience.
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- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -68/+18Yes Bill, it takes innovation to set the bar, so I guess you're lucky Apple is still around.
When the man you least expect ends up saying it the best......- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -43/+8Hahaha, excellent!
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- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -11/+17tenebrous wins the argument.
- PhantomBantam, on 10/12/2007, -27/+101* OFFTOPIC *
I apologize, but I have to rant just a bit. The comment system is broken. Two spammers just posted ASCII art of another story, and are being dugg up! Perhaps if I post goatse, I'll get a couple hundred diggs! I'm thinking digg is going to start seeing a huge loss of users who will go back to Slashdot, not because the crowd is more mature, but because the immature are silenced, and not rewarded. - DogmaticAtheism, on 10/12/2007, -26/+3You all are idiots. He is saying this because Microsoft helped design Mac LOL
Apple fanboys cant do anything right - birkoph, on 10/12/2007, -5/+71@PhantomBantam
I don't think you realize this but the demographic of Digg is from ages 12 to retarded.
What do you expect, 90% of the users on this site are prepubescent boys. - Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6its a new digg memme
nothing more - GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -11/+5@Dogmatic
He's saying that because he worked for Apple. Do you think if Jobs joined MS he'd spew pro-Apple hyperbole? - daxsymbiont, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3what a fake, you can see it in his fake smile in the end he is lying.
- node3, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2@PhantomBantam
Who cares? It's funny, and while offtopic for the story, it's very on topic for current events.
Just be happy Boston was on top of things so quickly, otherwise the Light Brites' sneak-attack might have succeeded. - radu5er, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@birkoph
As one of the 10 percent all I have to say is;
Wow, I wish I was one of the 90 percent again! (and know what I know now!) - DatoeDakari, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
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Just because you ***** can't keep from ***** up windows doesn't mean PCs suck--it means Macs don't let you ***** it up. I like having my options. Linux FTW.
All computers are the same more or less. - reichg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2bill gates, what a little bitch!
you can tell he doesnt like what he is saying about apple.
He should be smiling because Microsoft was stealing ideas from apple and putting them into ***** windows.
- beelz, on 10/12/2007, -7/+39Terrorists attacking digg now!
- senfo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21Who let the RIAA in?
- ReallyChili, on 10/12/2007, -12/+79"before he put the dollar ahead of the experience"
Way to spin it, fanboy.- treelovinhippie, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23I would be more inclined to say "back when the Mac was the only computer with a GUI".
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -13/+9Actually, Bill Gates was a software developer at the time of this video. Bill Gates was creating and shaping software with both of his hands on a keyboard. The Bill Gates we see today exists because of amazing business deals and financial acquisitions he made very shortly after this video was made. His career focus changed. That's not spinning anything, that's what happened. Bill Gates was a cutting edge software developer, focusing on new things to bring to the user experience.
And yes, I posted this video with 'political' motivations.
Consider it Re: http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Bill_Gates_on_Vista_and_Apple_s_Lying_Ads
Hypocrisy annoys me. - theone3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4....And he was developing Mac software exclusively...
- BlackAdderIII, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4"""Actually, Bill Gates was a software developer at the time of this video. Bill Gates was creating and shaping software with both of his hands on a keyboard. The Bill Gates we see today exists because of amazing business deals and financial acquisitions he made very shortly after this video was made. His career focus changed. That's not spinning anything, that's what happened. Bill Gates was a cutting edge software developer, focusing on new things to bring to the user experience."""
Bill Gates had been alienating other members of the computing world over money for at least 6 years by then, so I have to tell you you're not right at all. - darkfish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@theone3
Are you saying that in 1984, Bill Gates developed software for the Mac *exclusively* ?? I guess you never heard of MS-DOS, MultiPlan or the various flavors of MS BASIC on different platforms
I used MultiPlan on a PC as well as an Apple II+ back then:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplan - rholloway, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Bottom line--in the face of competition, Gates had the better business vision. He knew it was cheaper to and more efficient to build software for companies making hardware (especially a giant like IBM) than it was to be a hardware startup who also wrote software.
Before he quit the first time, Jobs was crushed by IBM, by way of Microsoft. It was too much to compete with. So, when he returned he knew he had to employ the concept of planned obselescence to survive. He knew he had the same small fanbase and the only way to make any money was to design hardware that needed frequent replacement to stay current. All of his sales were to the same people. Look at the iPod--if you started with iPod, you've little choice but to stay with iPod--and you'll be replacing that every two years, mind you.
In my opinion, the sneakier of the two is Jobs. He sells betas, abuses his most loyal, and keeps his fanbase constantly feeding him money. - bobothn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Didn't this happen during the same time bill was "Working for apple"? and by that i mean stealing the stuff they stole from xerox. Sure he will say a couple of nice things to keep jobs at bay. but in the end he was stealing stuff and trying to make every one happy Also his shipped first so he won.
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14He was so cute back then...
- kettlechips, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6You are a gimmick
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Thanks. :)
- Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Hey, I agree with Gatesophile, she even stole my damn comment.
And I'm a major Linux fan. Doesn't stop me from thinking Bill was cute back in the day. :) - dignation, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9i've gotta digg up, for the pure randomness
- Figs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I find it slightly disturbing that I look like he used to O.o
Does that mean I'll look like he does now in 23 years? Good grief!
-Shaggy hair,
-Overly large glasses...
To name the obvious points. (There are others, but I don't think I can explain it very well in words.)
- EndofEternity, on 10/12/2007, -8/+55Where but Digg, can you find such mindless Apple fanboy crap.
1984, was completely different era. Which platform was the best has no impact on today's OSs- senfo, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2This is true, but what made it interesting for me (besides the nostalgia) is that it was filmed in 1984l. Microsoft was founded in 1975 so Bill Gates was working for Microsoft at the time.
- theuber1337, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24Microsoft wrote apples software back then... look it up and stop acting like this is a big deal.
- AnonymousFreak, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2@theuberl117,
Uh, what? Microsoft wrote Word and Excel for the Mac, but they didn't write the Mac OS. - Lazybones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@AnonymousFreak
They provided a version of BASIC for the first Apple computers. Microsoft has nearly always had some form of software on the Apple platform. - astrosmash, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3> Which platform was the best has no impact on today's OSs
Exactly! Thankfully, Jobs killed classic Mac OS and brought us NEXTSTEP / OS X, the one true modern operating system, and the original Unix desktop. - stockjones, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Great one nerd posts asci pics in a previous thread, and now everyone has to do it.
- neuralgia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@endofeternity
you can also find it on slashdot, macnn, and numerous other forums. but it certainly isn't mindless. every mac user has had to use a pc at one time or another, many started with them because they were hand me downs from parents and siblings... but after actually looking at both platforms (and perhaps linux as well) they decided the preferred mac. all this "fanboy" crap rubs me the wrong way. i'd argue most of the people using mac are slightly more mature if only because they have made an educated decision. the one thing in common that the most pc loving friends of mine have is that not one of them has ever used a mac for more than 5 minutes. - goodoldharris, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Where but Digg, can you find such mindless Apple fanboy crap."
And where but Digg can you find so many retards that use words like "fanboy"?
Not only is it a video of the world's richest man in his youth, but he's saying something incredibly ironic given what has happened with Apple and MS since. You don't have to like Apple at all to think that's an interesting 30-second piece of history. Mindlessness seems to be in the eye of the beholder in this case.
- nandabanaotakun, on 10/12/2007, -14/+9Why is this in the Apple section?
- estvir, on 10/12/2007, -9/+40Because the Apple section is no longer really about Apple but for lemmings to push anti-MS rubbish (See the description).
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Because he's talking about Macs in the video.
- Quix, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3"Because the Apple section is no longer really about Apple but for lemmings to push anti-MS rubbish (See the description)." - estvir
I thought the Apple section was for Microsoft lemmings to push anti-Apple rubbish (see estvir's comment history). - 2Deluxe, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2hahahahahahaha estvir, I couldn't have said it better myself.
- alwaysmc2, on 10/12/2007, -7/+22I think this is supposed to make Bill Gates seem hypocritical, but it doesn't. It would be if Bill Gates insulted Apple today, but he doesn't. In fact, he doesn't say much about them...
- saucedmike, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10*cough* http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/03/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xxiii-gates-security-guys-break-the/
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Bill_Gates_on_Vista_and_Apple_s_Lying_Ads
- snowrider221, on 10/12/2007, -11/+5Bill Gates applauded the creation of the most advanced Operating System / personal computer of the time... This probably gave him motivation when he went on to his own creation.
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Well yeah, he stole a lot of the code so it *literally* motivated him...
Ah, to be a pirate of the good old days :-)
*steals OS code and makes ClickmyfaceOS*
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Well yeah, he stole a lot of the code so it *literally* motivated him...
- cyphin6, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3Hmm, Mr. Gates I do believe you have fumbled the football...
- mouraless311, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28I'm not trying to be a jackass with this question but why does Digg have a bias towards apple?
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22you haven't been here long, have you?
- pwill, on 10/12/2007, -14/+22I hate Apple.
- lgc90, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2...as does Kevin Rose.
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You mean Kevin Rose has an Apple bias? Because I think people might be digging you down for thinking that you said Kevin hates Apple (that's what I first thought when I read your comment.)
- BlackAdderIII, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Digg has a higher incidence of programmers, geeks, web developers, technicians, hobbyists, and people who work with a computer (like graphic designers) than the general population.
Amongst these people, use of things like OS X, BSD and Linux by an individual, can generally be seen as more likely than in the general population - and sites like digg and slashdot would appear on the face of it to reflect that.
Of course, there are an awful lot of trolls as well - whilst most of us commenting in this section are interested in the article or in alternative/unix-based OSes, estvir for instance, who hates Apple, and doesn't seem to have any interest in the company, its hardware, its software or the people involved, has come here just to make smart comments about how stupid Apple and its users are, it seems.
There are some *terrible* Apple fans, but you'll find a lot of it is kickback against people like that coming in the other direction. - estvir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Actually, I don't hate Apple I simply dislike some of the things they do and many/most of their fans. I never said Apple users were stupid though I may have said that some of it's ignorant fans are.. because.. they are.
Oh, and since you seem to know so much about me I fail to see how you could make such a stupid (There's that word again) that I just come here to make comments about how stupid Apple users are when I clearly do many other things on Digg and judging by your profile I do a hell of a lot more for Digg than you do - you've done what, submitted 1 story which was a link to your own pathetic blog ? Way to go.
I'd take OSX over XP any day (Though I will now take Vista over OSX any day), I've owned several iPods, etc.
- edoo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+26All the negativity towards Gates is kind of sad seeing as he is the greatest philanthropist the world has ever seen. And Jobs is...not.
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Jobs isn't as far as we know. He could make an anonymous donation... but I doubt it.
- edoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13In the context of the post:
"before he put the dollar ahead of the experience"
Gates has given away more money than any individual in the history of the world and saved more lives in third world nations than any other person in history. The poster may not realize this. - clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -11/+4 "edoo"
A couple of things. First, there has never been someone who has had as much money as Bill Gates does to begin with so nobody has had an opportunity to donate more because it has yet to be mathematically possible. Second, I'm not comparing donations between tech heads to charity, but I think you should know that there are people in this country alone who donate a larger percentage of their paychecks on a monthly basis to charity than Mr. Gates does. And these people are making $30k a year and don't brag about it.
Anyway, i'm talking about the technology industry. - edoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Once again...
I take exception to the statement:
"before he put the dollar ahead of the experience"
You may be right about percentages of salaries, but "percentages" don't save live, dollars do, and it is a FACT that he has donated more DOLLARS than anyone else and saved more LIVES through his foundation than anyone else. The negativity towards him isn't deserved. - clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5 "edoo"
Right, I understand where you're coming from. I'm talking about Bill Gates in the context of technology. That's why I posted this on Digg. I live in Washington, respect and have benefited from Mr. Gates (in my schools). I however believe that technology and the Internet have been weakened by him and his company.
I do not believe that any industry, especially technology, should have a monopoly company who has 95% of the marketshare. I think that it has been damaging to tech and I think that instead of pushing Vista Bill Gates should focus on what we both agree he is very good at: helping charities. - xutopia, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4How do you define "greatest philantropist"? Bill Gates is one of the most generous givers in history but how much of that has to do with him being altruist?
Have you even kept up with where and how Bill has given money in the past? Almost every single time his foundation gave money to a country or organisation Microsoft was sitting next to him trying to break a deal in the same region. Is it altruism or calculated effect to get even more deals for Microsoft?
Stop putting this guy on a pedestal because he doesn't deserve it. His idols are Napoleon and Leonardo Da Vinci. Two men who had huge impact on the militarisation of France. Hardly the philantrope you say he is. - Quix, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2"All the negativity towards Gates is kind of sad seeing as he is the greatest philanthropist the world has ever seen."
Colombian drug lords are local heroes because they build schools and soccer stadiums in communities where otherwise there would be none.
But after all is said and done, they're still Colombian drug lords... - EndofEternity, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6@xutopia
Are you retarded, or are you just pretending? While, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation does provide some charity that could be described as 'pro-MS' (using windows technology for education), the vast majority of their charity is for for stuff like education, health and microloans. Whatever, you think of MS, these kinda of activities should be praised. They are certainly more worthy then Job's shady dealing with Apple stock.
Your comments about Napoleon and Da Vinci beyond stupidity. You don't even know for what qualities he admires these people, let alone the fact that your statement about militarization of France is completely irrelevant.
I hate MS and their piece of ***** OS, console (consoles in general are retarded) and media framework/player, but that's just business. While MS might be unethical, they don't abuse people in 3rd world via slave labour. - VaderBoy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2@edoo
Bill Gates has done and will continue to do a lot, but Norman Borlaug has almost certainly saved more lives than any man by bringing argicultural technology to the 3rd world. - se1zure, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Publicly donating tons of money, televising, and bragging about it is not what being a great philanthropist is about. It's about giving what you have, and what you can for the good of others, regardless of amount. It's not to build a public image for yourself. I would respect him if he hadn't don't it so pbuilicly, and created a foundation just for his donations.
- BlackAdderIII, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Giving to charity is something from the man's personal life that is indisputably a Good Thing, but it doesn't really affect the fact that he's got a reputation for being terribly unscrupulous and even a law-breaker in business - I know, it's sad, but there you go.
- thatbirdguy, on 10/12/2007, -11/+0This was 13 years ago. Do you know how much technology has changed in 13 years? You can't take a statement like that without realizing the time frame during which it was made
- slowspun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12True. Now that it is finally 1997, everything has changed.
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11984 was 13 years ago?
- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42007 - 1984 ≠ 13
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1karma police arrest this man he speaks in maths he buzzes like a fridge he's like a detuned radio
- jav1231, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Gates: "Nowadays, security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally. I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine."
Okay, this guy is stoned.- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Back then, he was trying to sweeten up to Apple. He knew exactly what he was doing.
Now, both parties know each other's agenda, so Bill has no need to sweeten thing anymore, and he can attack (or whatever) all he wants. - Lazybones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think it was a reference to "the Month of Apple Bugs" project.
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Back then, he was trying to sweeten up to Apple. He knew exactly what he was doing.
- Vokas, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6My Windows experience is just fine.
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Well ok then, thats fair. And thanks for actually getting what i meant by "experience."
- MrPerfect, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1before 1984 big brother ruled the world and it was all up to Winston till he gave in.
- WilyOne, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2"...before he put the dollar ahead of the experience"? Gates has _always_ been about the dollar. He is, first and foremost, a business man. Read the book "Hackers" by Steven Levy - when other programmers were making software and freely sharing it, Gates wanted payment for his.
- peestandingup, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Im all about Apple, but this video isnt exactly explained & is always taken outta context.
This is actually from 1983, just a few months before Macintosh launched. It was at an Apple event & they were doing a Dating Game spoof where the Macintosh was the main attraction & there were 3 "contestants" (developers) on stage talking about it & Bill Gates was one of them. It was totally scripted, every word of it. Macintosh was never shown until January 1984.
Actually, here is a video from the same event where Steve Jobs intros the famous "1984" ad, uploaded by yours truly :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSiQA6KKyJo- theuber1337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I do get a laugh out of the way you've been getting dugg down for actually shining a little truth on the matter. I really think the digg community needs to get their priorities straight.
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1How does changing the date make a difference?
Steve Jobs choose Gates to join the Apple team because he liked what he was doing and he liked the way he thought about the industry. You seem to be aware of Apple around this time, so you should recognize the importance of being invited to the team. At this time Gates had seen the Mac inside and out and was already developing software for it. I think it's cool that Gates was once like this, but I don't think it's cool when he markets Vista and becomes a hypocrite about things and starts calling people liars. - hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2pirates of silicon valley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BJu2GAkf2k - peestandingup, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0@theuber1337
Yeah, I know. I mean, I am a fanboy, but only to a certain extent. Both companies have their positives & negatives, but if people would just do their research, they will usually have a much better argument as to why Apple are the true innovators of our time. Ignorance is never good, nomatter what side its on.
Watch the rest of those videos I uploaded. They explain a lot. Read some books & watch some documentaries. "Triumph of the Nerds" is a good one. - moudig, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2peestandingup, even if Bill Gates praised Mac in 1983, it's not relevant. Because Microsoft, as a partner, had access to the platform way before the Mac was realeased on the market
- Garageband, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7Remember that Microsoft bailed Apple out of bankruptcy in the early 90's...
- nandabanaotakun, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6That isn't how it happened.
- astrosmash, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Jobs saved Microsoft in 1977, when he bought an unlimited 10-year license to Microsoft Basic for $10,500 to ship with the Apple II, even though Wozniak had already written Basic for the Apple II. WIthout the cash Microsoft would have gone under, which is why Gates agreed to the unlimited license at the time.
What's most interesting is that Microsoft's Applesoft Basic was completely full of bugs and had to be reverse engineered and fixed by Apple engineers before it could be shipped.
20 years later in 1997, Microsoft's investment in Apple was more of a patent settlement than anything else. - Quix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3"Remember that Microsoft bailed Apple out of bankruptcy in the early 90's..."
When are the Apple haters going to give up on this ridiculous (and erroneous) argument?
- thickape, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Yes Bill is responsible, now. Responsible to his thousands of employees and their families, their retirements, their dreams to pay for their children's education. Responsible to to nearly all Americans that own a retirement fund that likely contains MSFT. Responsible to the thousands that benefit from his charity work. But you're right. Clearly Bill Gates should say ***** it and start a nano-robot factory or something else more wild or cutting edge or that contains more 'experience', whatever that means. If I were him I would screw everyone that ever helped me or that depended on me. Seriously, what is it that you want from people? How do you propose the world should work if we were to discard American capitalism and replace it with something more fun or neat-o or that generates more 'experience'? How should we decide who is doing things too much for the money? Which values should people be forced to strive for in your world? What should the punishments be? I am fascinated.
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2 thickape:
Well, you certainly took this in an interesting direction. And while I feel your comments were completely unfounded in what little was said, i'll go ahead and respond anyway:
You're right, we should set up as many monopolies as possible because thats the only way American families can have retirement plans and send there kids to college. Oh wait.....
Also you keep using the word "responsible." I'm really confused what you mean by that or how you somehow got that word out of the context of this submission? - BlackAdderIII, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3People having a lot invested in you because you're rich doesn't make you reputable, responsible and kind, any more than giving money to charity will suddenly turn you into a trustworthy business partner in other people's eyes after years of misbehaviour.
The mafia learned both of these lessons a long time ago. People forget, I guess. - clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Grazie, grazie BlackAdderIII
I make a for you a special pizza pie!
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2 thickape:
- zenmaster00100, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3quit hating and use something else. same with the people who hate any big company that makes money. Go someplace else and buy something else. Whiny bitches
- Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2some of its jealousy
but a lot of its antitrust - BlackAdderIII, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"""quit hating and use something else. same with the people who hate any big company that makes money. Go someplace else and buy something else. Whiny bitches"""
Bill Gates and Microsoft earned their reputations through their business dealings, as has been established in court - and people don't like Bill Gates because Bill Gates has messed with their communities, companies and technologies in devious ways - not because people are "JELUS OF SUM1 WHO MAKES MONEY LOL!".
There are too many people in the technology world who didn't ask for MS to turn up and ruin their stuff, for MS to feel persecuted at this point. That's what you get. Diddums.
Don't turn your personal apathy into some sort of religion to beat people around the head with if you don't understand why the hell people don't like the man's company, if you keep it to yourself you'll seem smarter anyway.
You keep sucking up the Microsoft goo if you want, but don't judge other people by your low standards.
- Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2some of its jealousy
- consonance, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Nothing like a little spin to inflame rational people.
- pianomahnn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Rational people don't become inflamed.
- hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1...but as spin isnt rational and is inflammatory - it does
- BlackAdderIII, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"""Rational people don't become inflamed."""
They do when it's appropriate to do so.
- anomalya, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3hi
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6hey. a/s/l?
- spambully, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Just watched the doc Pirates of Silicon Valley. If you haven't watched it check it out. If you already have, it's a great one to re-watch.
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I wouldn't call it a documentary.. more like a docudrama. The truth was stretched in some parts, but the main story is the same.
- Unrefined, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2He sounds like Kermit the Frog in that video...
- techmonk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2How many times has this video been on Digg before?
- rongon87, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Napleon dynamite
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YktZkyx4wtM
totally
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YktZkyx4wtM
- daxsymbiont, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2what a fake, you can see it in his fake smile in the end he is pretending.
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- 4eloBek, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0he has money to give, he does whatever he wants, but it does not make him imo a good guy, he is deceiving that's all...
- SeraphsWitness, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Dollar over the experience? Are you kidding me? Bill Gates gives more money last year to charity than Steve Jobs ever would. Bill Gates creates computers for people who don't need every friggin' thing spoonfed to them like 1-year olds. He's given over 50% of his money to charity in his lifetime. Can you say the same?
- BlackAdderIII, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2"""Bill Gates creates computers for people who don't need every friggin' thing spoonfed to them like 1-year olds."""
1. Bill Gates doesn't create computers.
2. If you think MS windows isn't being spoonfed like a 1 year-old and OS X is, you need to broaden your horizons a little (clue - both are).
- BlackAdderIII, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2"""Bill Gates creates computers for people who don't need every friggin' thing spoonfed to them like 1-year olds."""
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- moudig, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I will burry all ASCII "art"
- ryguy314, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3He kind of sounds like Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street.
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- gojeda, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2BURIED as inaccurate for the obvious Apple fanboyism. When are you people going to learn?
- bourbonandcoke2, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6Bill Gates is a humanitarian. Steve Jobs, a wanker.
- clcobra, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1...
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ok? - clcobra, on 10/12/2007, -11/+0
they all suck, you know in the beginning they want to do something new something different they bean Young and they did believed in peace on earth and all those bs thinks that all kids on the block believes when they’re young...but times changes they both got old and now it's just a job probably they don’t even believe anymore what’s better or what works, it's just pushing the think up it's what they do every day and just that...so who gives the rat ***** what’s on the top, only think that’s important is if you need to do a job just use the best tool available at the time.
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ok? - clcobra, on 10/12/2007, -12/+0***** i got some good ***** here......
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. - markdr123, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1
- jeffdodson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1First off, EVAR?! I'm so freakin' tired of this site's troglodytes trying to spell, I could just vomit. But I won't--it would make my keyboard sticky and yucky.
Anyway, Bill Gates is one of the world's most valuable assets. He has pretty much single-handedly transformed how we communicate, and now he is in the process of giving his winnings back. I cannot in good conscious bad-mouth him. And may I add that most people's bad-mouthing of him is sour grapes for leading lives that they themselves find embarrassingly trite.
jeff knower of knowledge and some other stuff- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Jeff,
"He has pretty much single-handedly transformed how we communicate"
Swing and a miss.
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Jeff,
- nadadingsda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Today is more like 1984 than 1984 actually was.
- trry96, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0P'wned
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