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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. Re:throw the first stone by drewsome · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's interesting is that you judge Christians, yet can you say you're without sin? So do you have the right to judge anyone, even if they are not Christian? No.

    Only Christians are bound by that rule. And many ignore it.

    As a non-christian, I can say "wow, that Jesus was a hoopy frood, and many of the things he espoused are wonderful, charitable, giving, kind acts", but I am not bound by his law or his will.

    On the other hand, many christians don't follow what the bible says anyway -- and in some cases, that's good. After all, who _really_ wants to walk 100 cubits from the town border with a flat paddle to dig a hole with when they wanna take a dump? Not me...

  2. Late but here's my 2c by BozoForPresident · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Gee. There's a box that's really hard to think outside of. In this category, my software hero would have to be DVDJon.

  3. None of the Above by Scarletdown · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would have to say neither. My selections would be:

    Ada Byron and Grace Hopper

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  4. They're both complete bastards. by wcrowe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Want to talk about someone changing the world? How about Tim Berners-Lee?

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    Proverbs 21:19