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Who is Your Hero, Gates or Jobs?

Posted by Zonk on from the i-pick-albert-einstein dept.

feranick writes "Wired and Ars Technica are both running articles comparing Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, not for their business/technological achievements but for their humanitarian involvement. I am curious to see what you are thinking about the issue. What is more important, be a showmen technologist like Jobs or an humanitarian missionaire like Gates? And even more important: Is it important that donations from rich billionaires be public or should they remain private?"

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  1. Who Else but.... by saden1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    My father is my hero! Gates wouldn't even lend me money to buy my first car.

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  2. Re:uh... neither? by vertinox · · Score: 5, Funny

    neither of these men have risked their lives for belief in something that violent people around them did not believe.

    Maybe they should be guest speakers at this years LinuxWorld Expo then?

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  3. Re:Does Ballmer donate anything? by WormholeFiend · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does Ballmer donate anything?

    funny internet videos for our entertainment

  4. Re:The edge of the market by amliebsch · · Score: 4, Funny
    The only way left to expand is to make sure more people survive.

    Well, then, stick it to Microsoft. Kill yourself now.

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  5. Bill Gates.... by Cryptnotic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because $640K should be enough for everyone.

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