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So many little things always always pop up to remind you that Bill Gates got rich in an unsavory manner.


Bill Gates got rich by understanding that people want to write their own software. I'm not sure Jobs ever understood that.

Granted, I won't try to write a paean to Bill Gates and his business practices over the years, but I think his enthusiasm for user programming is one indulgence that I'd grant him.


The OP explains a specific example where Bill Gates took away user programming in order to screw over Apple.

Bill Gates got rich by getting a sweetheart deal (arranged by family connections) that paid per installation of DOS.




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