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IMHO Gates Is a Modern Day Robber Baron...
... and in a 100 years' time when they are building statues for the great IT minds of our era they will be building them for Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds; and maybe even Steve Jobs. But Gates will be only remembered in economic lectures when they discuss how monopolies hinder technological advancement.

[Robber Baron: "Robber baron was a term revived in the 19th century in the United States as a pejorative reference to businessmen and bankers who dominated their respective industries and amassed huge personal fortunes, typically as a direct result of pursuing various anti-competitive or unfair business practices." - Wikipedia]
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Deservedly so. He is a modern day Henry Ford  Prognosticator | 06/25/08
The parallel is perfect  frgough | 06/25/08
RE: Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford  pdog | 06/25/08
Carnegie may be a better comparison  willkoky | 06/25/08
Friends, Microsoft fans, country men....  Mike Cox | 06/25/08
8.9!!!!  TtfnJohn | 06/27/08
Vomit  mlindl | 06/25/08
Henry Ford broke the law  GuidingLight | 06/25/08
Bite your tongue!  Roger Ramjet | 06/25/08
Then here is a question  GuidingLight | 06/25/08
Here we go again  frgough | 06/25/08
many Apple products suck too  markbn | 06/25/08
???  Windows Defender | 06/25/08
Eli Whitney invented the assembly line  John L. Ries | 06/26/08
Yes, Bill Gates has had a remarkable career  P. Douglas | 06/25/08
What did Gates do?  BALTHOR | 06/25/08
So Much Jealousy and Ignorance!  Papa_papa | 06/25/08
huh?  AnnDroid1 | 06/28/08
Steve's Gonna Mess It ALL Up  itanalyst2@... | 06/25/08
No comment. I might get deleted.  Arm A. Geddon | 06/25/08
More like a modern day Blackbeard  Ole Man | 06/25/08
Thanks for linking the page of YOUR biography  markbn | 06/25/08
IMHO Gates Is a Modern Day Robber Baron...  BanjoPaterson | 06/25/08
Like him or hate him..  supercharlie | 06/25/08
Like him or hate him..  BanjoPaterson | 06/25/08
At the end of the day...  supercharlie | 06/26/08
Neither Ford nor Edison  John L. Ries | 06/26/08
RE: Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford  godanil162 | 06/27/08
Is the Henry Ford comparison more apt than we think?  TtfnJohn | 06/27/08
RE: Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford  AnnDroid1 | 06/28/08

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