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Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dies of Cancer At Age 65 (cnbc.com)
CNBC is reporting that Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen has died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Vulcan Inc. said in a statement Monday that Allen passed this afternoon in Seattle at the age of 65. From the report: "While most knew Paul Allen as a technologist and philanthropist, for us he was a much-loved brother and uncle, and an exceptional friend. Paul's family and friends were blessed to experience his wit, warmth, his generosity and deep concern," [Paul Allen's sister, Jody Allen] said in a statement. "For all the demands on his schedule, there was always time for family and friends. At this time of loss and grief for us -- and so many others -- we are profoundly grateful for the care and concern he demonstrated every day."
Earlier this month, Allen revealed that he had started treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the same type of cancer he overcame nine years earlier. The longtime CEO left Microsoft when he was first diagnosed with the disease. Allen also ranked among the world's wealthiest individuals. As of Monday afternoon, he ranked 21st on Forbes' list of billionaires with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion. UPDATE: Added a link to a statement from Vulcan Inc. on behalf of the Allen Family and Paul G. Allen network.
Earlier this month, Allen revealed that he had started treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the same type of cancer he overcame nine years earlier. The longtime CEO left Microsoft when he was first diagnosed with the disease. Allen also ranked among the world's wealthiest individuals. As of Monday afternoon, he ranked 21st on Forbes' list of billionaires with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion. UPDATE: Added a link to a statement from Vulcan Inc. on behalf of the Allen Family and Paul G. Allen network.
RIP Paul!
He spent his money is such great and geeky ways, I often thought that if I was that rich I would be living exactly his lifestyle. RIP Paul Allen, you left this world much too early.
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But I'm sure he had a great time with it while he was still alive.
Now he's living In The Cloud.
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
Allen had nothing to do with systemd!
I don't always use unix-like operating systems; but when I do, I prefer FreeBSD.
I thought that was one of the Cancers we had beaten?
The present subjunctive mood of "to be" is "were", not "was".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_FlipStart
What the future of mobile computing should have been
The present subjunctive mood of "to be" is "be", not "were".
However, the "past" subjunctive mood of "to be" is "were".
He is now burning in hell for Microsoft and Windows
Windows, Anonymous Coward? Allen left Microsoft in 1982. Windows 1.0 launched in 1985.
("The" Windows - Windows 3.1 - Didn't launch until 1992, a decade after Allen had left.)
You can't take it with you.
He ran a monopoly
Hey Anonymous Coward, which monopoly did he "run?"
He was co-founder of Microsoft, but he left there over 36 years ago.
Microsoft created Windows and Allen co-founded Microsoft - he cannot wipe that blood off his hands!
But you can wipe Windows off your hard drive, so I don't get your point. Paul Allen was a great guy in many, many ways.
If I can be modded down for being a troll, can I be modded up for being an orc, or a balrog?
Alas Money isn't everything
The book Paul Allen wrote avoids a full report, but gives the impression that Bill Gates was so angry, Paul Allen left the company because interacting with Bill Gates was bad for his health.
Quotes from the book, Idea Man by Paul Allen.
Page 49:
THREE DECADES AFTER teaching Bill and me at Lakeside, Fred Wright was asked what he'd thought about our success with Microsoft. His reply: "It was neat that they got along well enough that the company didn't explode in the first year or two."
Page 96:
When Bill pushed on licensing terms or bad-mouthed the flaky Signetics cards, Ed thought he was insubordinate. You could hear them yelling throughout the plant, and it was quite a spectacle-the burly ex-military officer standing toe to toe with the owlish prodigy about half his weight, neither giving an inch.
Page 177:
Bill was sarcastic, combative, defensive, and contemptuous.
Page 180:
"For Bill, the ground had already begun shifting. At product review meetings, his scathing critiques became a perverse badge of honor. One game was to count how many times Bill confronted a given manager; whoever got tagged for the most "stupidest things " won the contest. "I give my feedback," he grumbled to me, "and it doesn't go anywhere."
That is not at all true. I graduated from high school in 1973 in Seattle and have had many friends that have worked for Microsoft. Allen argued against lying to IBM that they had an operating system and argued for fixing bugs rather than adding features before he was forced out of Microsoft in 1982. Paul Allen was on the side of users.
I never knew him, but I know the effects he had on my world.
I'm a IT professional who cut his teeth on Windows 3.11. Everyone has their issues with how windows work, but you have to admit he along with Bill Gates had a huge influence on the tech industry.
As a sports fan in Washington, he was a person who brought a SuperBowl win to the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks have been run very well and you can see it in the product. You never needed to worry about the franchise in his hands.
I know these might seem like simple statements, but this is how I knew him. And he will be missed.
I wonder what the future of Stratolaunch is unless he provided for further funding in his estate. I'd hope to see it take off at least once - the Spruce Goose minimal viable proof of concept flight if you will.
Sound like a pansy that wouldn't have made his $$$ without Bill Badass Gates and monkeyboy to defy his limpwristedness.
The one you probably are confusing Paul Allen with is Steve Balmer."
See subject: MS gave me skills to have a fairly successful & INTERESTING career programming w/ their toolsets for a quarter century.
My thanks for that, probably wouldn't have happened minus Mr. Allen.
Sorry to hear this.
APK
P.S.=> Oddly/coincidentally/ironically I was watching "The Nineties" last night (watched the entire Tom Hanks series 70's/80's what I call it @ least, he is a big part) past few nights now & saw "The Information Age" part last night with Mr. Gates, Mr. Allen, Steve Jobs last night - now the man's dead (most auspicious)... apk
Despite how I feel about what he helped start, I'm going to do the classy thing and just press "Preview," (and subsequently, "Submit,") at the end of this sentence.
You forgot he was a big Patent Troll. He won't be missed or remembered.
False equivalency is such a lame way to try and smear somebody, surely you can do better...
On second thought, probably not just quit while you are behind
He was also a huge patent troll with his Interval Research. It did a lot of harm to the industry, but so did Microsoft, so I guess that should be expected.
Uh... didn't anybody INHERIT Allen's money? Wouldn't that place one or more new people ABOVE Trump on the list?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Personally, I think Trump is worth around $2 billion and dropping.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Seattle Seahawks. Ever heard of 'em?
Only football team in the northwest.
Was being patent troll on the side of users? Instead of starting a IP law firm to buy up patents in order to shakedown companies with patent infringement lawsuits, maybe he could have put his money to better use. Of course, its his money so he could do what he wanted with it, but whatever integrity he had in the early days at Microsoft, it abandoned him in his later years. He was just greedy.
This may make me seem ignorant, but here goes...
I truly am sad for the loss of another life to cancer, and for his family and friends, However, my mind boggles at why someone worth 20 BILLION dollars was not spending almost all of that on cancer research?
May you rest in peace Paul Allen, Thank you for your legacy and what you did give back to the world.
For someone quoting the scriptures, you have a lot to learn about judging other people. Something tells me that Paul Allen wouldn't call you a super middle-class faggot . Or a fucking joke, or hope that worms would devour your body. Based off of what I know about the two of you, which granted isn't that much, it seems like he's a safer bet than you.
If true, good. The politicians whose worth goes up while in office are the _dirty_ ones. You know who those are.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
repeatedly screwed his users
With an Allen wrench, I presume?
Ezekiel 23:20
My guess: He spread his estate out among several people and a number of charities. Enough so that all of the beneficiaries end up below Trump.
Have gnu, will travel.
What eventually became... Unixware? before becoming the much reviled SCO Unix under the mismanagement of the spectre of Santa Cruz Operations.
If he hadn't gotten sick that first time, maybe linux would have never taken off because Microsoft Xenix with its desktop UI would have dominated both the pleb and geek market in a way the various versions of Windows failed to do, cumulating in the mess known as Windows 10 today.
Allen argued against lying to IBM that they had an operating system and argued for fixing bugs rather than adding features before he was forced out of Microsoft in 1982.
So he opposed all the things that made Microsoft successful. Bill must be glad he pushed him out.
It's all right here on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc3T2i2zmXA
Did he ever have a chance to collect his Social Security?
But you can wipe Windows off your hard drive, so I don't get your point. Paul Allen was a great guy in many, many ways.
Agreed. Even if you could "blame" him for all or part of Windows, he did start the Museum of Pop Culture. If you are ever in Seattle, it is a must see. I mean, they have what is probably the best Star Trek museum display anywhere (which is saying a lot since the Smithsonian has a very nice one as well), including most of the original series set pieces and I believe one of the only actual Enterprise models used for filming. In my mind, that gives him a great deal of geek cred. Plus, as I understand it, he either loaned or donated many of the guitars on display in the various music exhibits in the museum.
Your post is a serious be joke. Allen left Microsoft in 1982, and indeed was a true philanthropist. Based on the timing of his departure it is entirely possible he left Microsoft because he saw what Gates was planning to do and wanted no part in it. Paul Allen was the real technological talent at Microsoft, back when it was a decent company that produced a decent product.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
So long, asshole. Money can't help you now.
Well if he donated guitars and liked Star Trek then he must have been a good guy.
Geee, Gates must be truly powerful if he gave Allen cancer back then.
Maybe you should quote the results instead of just the most pessimistic interpretation of the results. Similarly it was 'more than zero'
Monkeyboy? The power of a long-dead email newsletter rears its head. God, I miss NTK.
Rather than what, MCP? That phrase means nothing, unless your "user" includes software developers.
I am not sure since I have seen this list of 4 before.
I am may be reaching the surfactants of the northern progress. The beer cans seem taller, as in the lore of STALKER for increase of membrane permeability. I have also started avoiding RECTANGLE of GLOW SCREEN, as NETFLIX was scary, dark, and sinister, and didn't want reverse enthalpy even though it is not of gamma decay of beta of tron.
I have completed a second listening of Pike's journey to pole, by rede of listening in my Roboteka.
https://batleg.com/saber/ (once troll of the east)
You can always tell the people who just got lucky in business and have no idea what the fuck is actually going on because they end up buying sports teams.
Sit on a Russian cock if you need something to contain your burning nazi Conservatism, sweetheart,.
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It would be interesting to gut you and watch your intestines tumble onto the ground.
You think you're anonymous.
You aren't.
He co-founded one of the largest tech companies in existence. He will definitely be remembered.
You won't.
What a ray of sunshine you are.
Post may contain irony: discontinue use if experiencing mood swings, nausea or elevated blood pressure.
Rest well, Mr. Allen.
He used to have the nickname "Doctor NetVorkian" because many of the things he invested in promptly tanked in one way or another after his investment. He had a lot of bad luck with his investments.
For those who don't understand the joke, a certain Dr. Kervorkian became notorious for helping ill patients commit suicide.
Sig for hire.
I knew someone would say that. You are right. I won't. But he won't either. He was a patent troll. Oh but: RIP and thoughts and prayers, right? He was a great guy and will be missed.
My favorite story about Allen is how, while flying to Albuquerque to demonstrate their BASIC interpreter to MITS, he realized they had not written a loader, and he had no way to load the interpreter onto the machine.
He wrote a loader in assembly language on napkins during the flight, and when he arrived at MITS, keyed it in by hand using front-panel switches. It ran correctly the first time.
"Guys, come on over, I'm unleashing another monster monopoly!" (Buys Ticketmaster, pays cash) - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-11-23-9311230042-story.html *(At least you didn't try to pretend he's a philanthropist.)
Worms WILL devour my body when I'm dead AND the middle class is effectively dead in this country under Conservative corporate rule, DEAL WITH IT. REALITY, DO YOU LIVE HERE? Allen was no hero!
He ALSO cannot be offended by what I wrote, AS HE IS FUCKING DEAD NOW. I don't GIVE A FUCK what valley of death he walks through or what's going on with him after death, in life he was a rich prick monopolist.
So I forgive your misconception that he deserves my respect now or at any time in his life. And I forgive your naivete in defending the civil politeness of yesteryear AS THIS IS THE FUCKING INTERNET. SHITCOCK!
i don't like much of anything he did, but RIP
ALAN-1 is my user.
I fight for the users.
I also thought the way he had a vanity band where he paid famous guys to hang out with him and play in a pretend band was just the saddest "rich guy" stuff I've ever seen.
He bankrolled Dreamworks SKG.
Did they try turning him off and on again? It might just be a routine BSOD.
Eventually known as SCO Unixware... I am pretty sure Allen did a few dickish things over the years that I heard about and then promptly forgot, but as far as Windows is concerned, he could have shaped a whole different Microsoft ecosystem if he'd had his way and Xenix had become the base of Microsoft's post-DOS operating system, possibly as early as the late 80s instead of the mid 90s still booting atop MS-DOS with all the warts that entailed.
Maybe he'll be misremembered?
Tell Jobs and gang they are missed down here..
THIS IS THE FUCKING INTERNET. SHITCOCK!
You should get this on a T shirt, maybe put a goatse picture on the back
Just because they haven't said how his money is going to be distributed doesn't mean he didn't setup things. Per the announcement from Vulcan:
Paul thoughtfully addressed how the many institutions he founded and supported would continue after he was no longer able to lead them. This isn’t the time to deal in those specifics as we focus on Paul’s family. We will continue to work on furthering Paul’s mission and the projects he entrusted to us. There are no changes imminent for Vulcan, the teams, the research institutes or museums.
Essentially Vulcan, which he used as his vehicle for various investments and givings, is in control of that money and he left directives as to how they are to spend it.
Doubtful, read up on ticketmaster
“I'm a IT professional who cut his teeth on Windows 3.11. Everyone has their issues with how windows work, but you have to admit he along with Bill Gates had a huge influence on the tech industry.”
I'm a IT professional who cut his teeth on VAX/VMX, DECwindows, Novell Netware and the original Mac and in my professional opinion Win3.11 was a toy. It may be news to you but computing didn't start with Windows 3.11 and the huge influence you speak of is that everyone thinks it's normal for your computer to get compromised by opening an email attachment or clicking on a malicous URL.
And in the original Gates Allen partnership, Gates did of course diddle him out of a fair share, 64% to 36% cause he (Gates) did ‘most of the work on BASIC’. Not that Gates did write BASIC from scratch, as it was a clone of a version he acquired from a DECUS User Group and enhanced quite a bit.
@CohibaVancouver: "He was co-founder of Microsoft, but he left there over 36 years ago"
He was in remission from Hodgkin’s lymphomas for a long time. The story online is that he left Microsoft after he overheard Gates and Steve Ballmer discussing what to do regarding his shares after he died. ref
Steve Balmer may be an asshole but at least he's not a patent troll.
Come find me Sexless Clunker, show me you're serious - because if you don't I'll know you're just another lying GOP faggot of no consequence - a Trump traitor, a welshing liar. A moronic and implausible braggart lol. Come find me tonight, since you pretended. Let me look at what a nazi punkass faggot trying to pass for a real world killer looks like, lol you actual bitch. Your mom bangs harder than you do punk ass faggot.
#Did I stutter? Come find me faggot or you're 100% shit dick with a tongue wagged over it, Sexless Conker. Do eeeeet, what you waiting for Proud Pussbro? Hitler to come back from the dead, lol?
#HITLER IS STILL DEAD AS FUCK, DON'T CRY FAGGOT TRY TO LOOK TOUGH. NO TEARS PROUD BITCHES!
So how do you know that the percentage is "South American"? And what is it about "South Americans" that makes them not Indigenous people to the Americas?
North American, South American - indigenous people are just that - here first.
Trump's grandfather was here in 1885, my 6th or 7th great grandfather was here in 1682. From my family's point of view Trump is a immigrant, so I say send him back to his grandfathers country of origin. (I.E. Germany)
We are all part African because that is were we originated. Yet if I claim to be an African American the liberals would be very offended. Elizabeth Warren has Native American Blood in the same way Aldolf Hitler has Jewish ancestry.
Why don't Americans worry about substantial shit like the fact China is kicking you ass six ways to Sunday, and you can't even control your own border
Nathan Myhrvold is the bigger patent troll.
Took my dad (in less than a year) just a few months ago. It's devastating, particularly when doctors give you reason to hope and run you through chemo and radiation and offer drug trials - and then one day say 'sorry, you need to sign up for hospice care' (which is essentially signing your own death warrant since you are agreeing to not get any more treatment and simply be allowed to die horribly).
Note: I am not urging anybody to not fight such a diagnosis; fight like hell and hope for the best, but be prepared and make sure your family is prepared for the worst (mine was not, we accepted all the happy talk about how curable it was). This disease is still very much a killer. Like all cancers it's not really just a single disease that is the same in all patients but rather is a customized killer tailored to defeat its individual host and therefore the only real hope, I suspect, is in individualized medicine using the patient's own DNA (the very sort of thing "medicare for all" schemes will not be able to cope with).
There are good stories in Portland w.r.t Vulcan and running the Trailblazers & the Rose Center/Moda Center. I give Vulcan about 2 years before they spin off the teams. Vulcan kind of embodies MBAs running things. Without Paul Allen alive, regardless of his wishes, that gives them time to get rid of the passion projects in a "tasteful" fashion.
It was always obvious it was going to be some very minor amount %, she said as much many times. Trump is the dishonest welshing faggot, not Elizabeth Warren. That's the point. She was vindicated.
"Elizabeth Warren has Native American Blood in the same way Aldolf Hitler has Jewish ancestry." And yet the claim isn't untrue, and is scientifically proven. As Trump did claim to pay 1 million for her to prove it, & DONE.
Write the check you billionaire serial liar lol, or don't - the circumstances make the most "powerful" lying faggot in the Republican party look very, very weak and dishonest - right before he goes off to prison, too. Bad timing.
Honestly Microsoft was never a decent company. They rose to prominence with vendor lock-in and exclusivity contracts on both BASIC and DOS, stealing a certain amount from CP/M, blocking DR DOS....come on you can say Paul Allen became a good guy but you can never say Microsoft was anything in the early days other than a manipulative company offering vendor lockin to PC OEMs.
It's comments like this which is why I browse at -1. Seriously entertaining stuff. The only thing funnier than an internet toughguy is an internet toughguy with a grudge and the mentality of a 5 year old whose favourite toy just got broken.
Don't you mean your great-..-grand father ? Also do families have points of view? Did I miss collectivist world-view 101 and inherited guilt intro course ?
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Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now you fucking stupid bastard!
First thing I thought of when I saw this headline.
> Even if you do not believe in any deity or afterlife, living as though you do is not a bad way to live.
I disagree. Believing there is no Heaven and Hell means you don't have to live your life in fear that you will end up 'missing the boat' and you value every day more because life is finite.
Believing in divine justice colors your actions and your treatment of people, and not in a good way. The only negative aspect is the disappointment in finding that there ultimately is no justice, and bad people will get away with their bad deeds. All the more motivation to pursue justice in THIS world.
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That's useful info re Vulcan. I started this thread but didn't take the time to understand how he'd planned to dispense his wealth. It'd be rare that a fund manages to preserve the principal and can fund things as the benefactor would have.
At some point, humans decide who or what to spend his billions on.
But you can wipe Windows off your hard drive
Not that I blame Paul Allen for it, but that's what "secure boot" is meant to "fix".
Ticketmaster are complete cunts.
This guy owned them? Fuck this guy!!
Jimi Hendrix got screwed out of his music rights which were held by some asshole. Paul paid for the legal fees for the Hendrix family to sue and get his rights back.
Thanks Paul. We'll excuse you while you kiss the sky.
The fact that Trump acting like a a-hole has tarnished the Trump brand so badly that nobody wants to license the Trump name anymore doesn't make it a good guy... it just makes him an a-hole. Yes, as a general principle, people that view the presidency as a money-making opportunity should not be trusted. Based on Trump's own statements, I believe he did view the presidency as a money-making opportunity! He's just too egotistical and stupid to know when he's damaging his own brand.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Is that why her claim pissed off Indians so much that several of them went on TV to denounce her attempt to pretend she's not one of the whitest people on the planet?
We are all part African because that is were we originated. Yet if I claim to be an African American the liberals would be very offended. Elizabeth Warren has Native American Blood in the same way Aldolf Hitler has Jewish ancestry.
Why don't Americans worry about substantial shit like the fact China is kicking you ass six ways to Sunday, and you can't even control your own border
You DO realize, of course, that Adolf Hitler DOES have Jewish Ancestry. A fact that he jealously (and understandably) guarded.
https://www.history.com/news/s...
Exactly. Why people fawn over people just because they died is mystifying. There are plenty of heros in the computing industry, but he wasn't one of them.
What is amazing is the stupidity and bullshit attitudes that are rampant on this site.
Meanwhile, over at Macrumors.com (which arguably shouldn't even give a care about Allen's life or death), the comments are universally those of heartfelt condolences.
https://forums.macrumors.com/t...
You small-minded, entitled Slashtards all should be fucking ashamed of yourselves.
DOS was barely a product when Allen left. DR-DOS was still called CP/M. And they certainly weren't the only game in town when it came to BASIC interpreters for microcomputers. Microsoft BASIC was actually a pretty decent product and helped standardize the language somewhat. In the early days, they actually were competing somewhat honestly on a level playing field.
He's 70+. He doesn't care.
Everything you write is true, but Trump was still the better choice of the electable ones. But I'm in CA, so vote was wasted no matter, hence Vermin Supreme, the best candidate.
The only thing that mattered was the Supreme Court. Which is done now, will be double done when Ginsburg kicks.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Indeed Trump must be happy, like the day when the world trade center towers fell, "highest building", you can't make that kind of reaction up, not a trace of compassion in his body.