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Originally Posted by freebeard
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Yeah, but more so that nobody is comprised of entirely evil or entirely good. That's essentially what Scott was saying, but he wasn't doing a good job of not looking like a clot.
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Insofar as the island hopping, his ex-wife said it didn't help their marriage. I got to wondering if she is using the proceeds with evil intent the way Lauren Jobs and Bezos' ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, have.
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I'm both dismayed that the truth is delayed in those matters, and agree with Scott that presumption of innocence is necessary. I wouldn't trust Gates around my (future) teen daughters, but I'm also not ready to Tweet about his pedo motivations to rescue people.
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I'll have to go ahead and disagree here.
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I've been waiting over a decade for you to be direct.
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I know exactly what alarmed me --- he took the baby computer industry and perverted it to his own end, to be the richest dude in the World. Which World will never regain the Intellectual Property that was smothered in the crib.
He went from 'embrace. extend, extinguish' to providing a Central Registry as an attack vector so Windows was uniquely vulnerable to bad actors. Best money I ever made in my life was helping people pick up the pieces of their broken lives on the Norton Antivirus help line.
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Scott has recently been mentioning how in our youth we do foolish things, and things done in our youth are not likely to be a good representation of who we've become.
To your point, I don't have firm opinions on many things. Gates probably exploited people early on. The Internet Explorer monopoly ruling seemed kinda dumb. You're a monopoly because you include certain things with the product you sell? Is my local Ixtapa a tortilla chip monopoly because they include unlimited chips with any meal? If someone offers more enticing tortilla chips, can I not choose to eat those instead? Just because people are clotberts doesn't mean someone has acted maliciously.
Registry... that's a design choice, not something intentionally done to screw people over.
From my understanding, there's a trade-off of providing a broader platform and restricting function to simplify and secure the environment. Windohs is roughly the middle between something like Linux with an open source and maximum customization, and iOS where you can't send a file via bluetooth or perform other basic functions because it's assumed you're too stupid.
Show me something specific Gates has said or a confirmed action I should be dismayed about, and I'll agree. I'm just not aware of anything specific at the moment. Sure, I'm not thrilled about him drinking too much of the progressive Kool Aid, but as long as he's not saying we need to fund sex changes for tweens, I'm not too worried.
Water in 3rd world countries is good. Trying to solve next-gen nuclear is good... I might not agree with every endeavor gates engages with, but attempting the next thing is something commendable. Providing an example of what not to do is valuable.