Paul Allen the 'Accidental Zillionaire'

An anonymous reader writes "The Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting story about Paul Allen, "the accidental zillionaire". Allen is the owner of the world's biggest private yacht and a huge landowner in the Seattle area in addition to his traditional accolades of helping to found Microsoft along with several other companies and foundations."

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Interesting

[Lxy]

Everyone picks on Bill Gates for being evil, yet he makes the cover of Time for his generosity. The article fails to mention what good things Paul Allen has done with his money, but I don't see him on the cover of Time.

Is it possible that Gates is just the poster boy and Allen is the real devil behind Microsoft?

I once saw a documentary on the Homebrew Computer Club of which Paul Allen was a member. Apparently Allen was upset because the club was interested in freely publishing designs and details of the machines they built. Allen felt that the designs should be patented and sold for big bucks. That's when he left to cofound Microsoft.

Forget Gates, Allen is the asshole behind Microsoft.