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The Softening of a Software Man
theodp writes to tell us that New York Magazine has an interesting editorial stating that no one is afraid of Microsoft anymore. The article argues that Microsoft has noticeably been adrift in the wake of Gates' philanthropy, which some cynics suspect is a Rockefeller-like attempt to 'fumigate his fortune' as he makes a play for the history books. From the article: "Like the robber barons, Bill Gates has moved from trying to take over the world to trying to save it."
Um... Perhaps Bill Gates really ISN'T the antichrist...
Which leaves only Steve Ballmer.
Show this to your friends and family that don't know what a real hacker is
His head is much smaller in person.
Basically, her main thesis is that plutocrats funded the large nonprofit foundations so that they could fund leftists who were not oriented towards economic oriented leftism, but instead towards identity politics. Thus, the white lower middle class was turned away from leftism in general.
Divide and conquer. We can't have the proletariat getting their shit together and organizing, can we? At least not before I pay off my 300-foot yacht.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
this post is not funny. it's informative.
Will future versions be able to read what he saved? And even if they could will it render the same?
With lyrics like "yea yea yea yea"
Bono has lots of free time.
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
it does
it's called not getting laid
Melinda is man of the year?
Isn't that a bit sad for the other two men named man of the year at the same time?
Soon a virus will evolve which spreads by bad spelling, and then he will be fucked.
Easy, you sell your characters on ebay.
"Quoting yourself is stupid." -Me
I'm so inspired by Bill's philanthropic spirit, that in future I'm going to use pirated copies of Windows, and give the retail price straight to charity. I'm sure he'll be pleased that I'm saving him the trouble of doing it himself.
My God, you are truly a pathetic nerd. He "stole" money, huh? From people who purchased his product?
It amazes me how much you usually staunch pro-capitalist suddenly turn into pathetic, sophist socialists because you like you pathetic little computer OS and hate Microsoft because everybody's not using it.
Fucking grow up, you fat greasy nerd. (Gee, ask me how I knew you were fat and greasy?)
Oh, yes, you do!
Since Ballmer runs it, MS is both a BUISNESS and a chairity.
Switch back to Slashdot's D1 system.
Bill Gates has given more to charity than anyone EVER. Other billionaires, on the other hand (Trump, for example), have given almost nothing to charity. I think the guy deserves a little credit, regardless of why he's doing it. We can't judge his motives, since we don't know them. We can judge his actions though, and they speak pretty loudly.
I knew a woman once that didn't have much money because she was a "housewife" or "stay at home mom", whichever you prefer.
She volunteered everywhere she could. The animal shelter, local museums, homeless shelters, Special Olympics walks, cancer drives, the list goes on.
Everyone thought she was the kindest person in the world, and one day I asked her why she did all of this stuff.
She said that she absolutely hated her husband and family and would do anything to get out of the house.