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Gay Microsoft Pioneer Ric Weiland Dies

365gay.com — Weiland first met Paul Allen and they became good friends. In 1975 Allen and Bill Gates founded M$ in Albuquerque, hired Weiland and four others. This week, at 53, Weiland took his own life at his Seattle home. Friends said that he had been depressed for some time. Weiland leaves behind his partner Mike Schaefer and numerous nieces and nephews.

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  • noneloud, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm not sure why it's important that he's gay, but It's still sad none the less.
  • cquinnd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The importance of him having been gay might have something to do with his influence on the
    corporate culture at Microsoft with regard to their position on human rights issues.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_and_Lesbian_Employees_at_Microsoft

  • antigoogle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I just saw and submitted... If there were no word about his sexual preferences, I'd still submit it.. But admit it, this is an interesting part of this very sad news. I knew him but I wasn't aware of his story. Let's hope that Google fan boys won't make fun of this too...
  • noneloud, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Fair enough. It doesn't look like this is going to the front page, but like you said: his story was interesting. Thanks for the article.

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