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617 points EvgeniyZh | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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santiagobasulto ◴[] No.43576378[source]
Microsoft (and maybe even Bill Gates personally) generated a strong "dislike" sentiment to the hacker community. But we can't deny that he and Paul Allen were pure breed hackers and helped a lot the development of technology. Of course, we all prefer OSS and we'd pick Linus (or insert OSS dev name here) 100 times over one of the "evil capitalists"/s, but nevertheless they have to be recognized.
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urbandw311er ◴[] No.43579422[source]
It’s also kind of difficult to hate on a guy that devoted his remaining decades to literally saving tens of thousands of lives around the world.
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1. executesorder66 ◴[] No.43582887[source]
It's very easy to hate on him for that very reason. He's just buying a good reputation for the fraction of his wealth that is completely insignificant.

If I could buy that kind of reputation by tossing a few coins into the void, why not? Especially after I've stolen billions from others.