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Old 02-17-2004, 10:07 AM   #25 (permalink)
Superbelt
This vexes me. I am terribly vexed.
 
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Well first, Bill Gates has revolutionized computer software and deserves every penny he ever made. Ideas are normally more valuable than physical labor.

2. If you have a job, you can thank someone smarter than you who figured out a way to compete successfully in a market and create your job. Also, the market dictates what labor is worth. If you don't like your wage than you should develop more valuable skills.
Actually, Bill Gates did not revolutionize Computer software.
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs pretty much created/marketed (Xerox who Apple had a pertnership actually did much of the initial work, but the GUI was all Apples) "Windows" as an open source application. The model computer was the Apple Lisa. It was a trade show, Bill was there, he saw this, took a copy and then went and copyrighted it and made his billions.

Windows 1.0 was born

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