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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
1. Bill has never been one of my favorite characters.
Sat Aug 30, 2014, 10:44 PM
Aug 2014

From what I remember from things written about him, he basically ripped off the Xerox Palo Alto Research folks as well as the DOS creators, iirc, to start his empire, then put a lot of time and effort in trying to create a monopoly so he could soak computer owners to turn himself into a multibillionaire. I wasn't in the least shocked to hear microsoft was in on the silicon valley wage fixing, and MS pushes for more H1B visas to undermine American coders every chance it gets.

The 'greatest cause of inequity' is the exploitation of labour by the plutocrats. Bill Gates is right on up there when it comes to 'causing inequity'.

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