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>> He used to be reviled enough during the 1990s to receive literal pies in the face. [0]

all it takes is one person to do that.




If you read the news or forums at any frequency during that time, you'd recall that Gates was the Tall Poppy back then, before Steve Jobs became successful enough for his haters to adopt Gates as the hero figure against Jobs.




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