• BB69@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Didn’t Bill Gates revolutionize home computing for the average user? I’d consider that important work.

    And why is it just billionaires? What about people worth tens of millions? Shouldn’t we also talk about them? Steve Wozniak is estimated to be worth around 140 million. Is he also evil?

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      10 months ago

      Didn’t Bill Gates revolutionize home computing for the average user?

      By literally stealing DR DOS, swapping the drive letters for the hard drive and floppy disk, and rebranding as MS DOS

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      10 months ago

      Didn’t Bill Gates revolutionize home computing for the average user? I’d consider that important work.

      No, he built a monopoly on top of a stolen product