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Bill Gates is noteworthy precisely because no-one else in recent American history has done the same thing as him, no?
Imagine, if you will, that rather than hoping these rich people might develop a conscience in their old age, that instead some sort of mechanism might exist that makes them help support the society that they profit from. I don't know what we could call this mechanism though ...
branwen-
Pretty sure most accounts of him in his early years were that he was a ruthless AF. MS have hardly been a beacon of open competition.
It's just all anyone now thinks of is that meme comparing him and Steve Jobs.
EDIT: not taking anything away from the amazing work the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation do, or what he has achieved.
EDIT 2: oh right.
hugo7
Well Bill Gates is a good eg.