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Bill Gates is a horrible person. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by Maerman@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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So I just read Bill Gates' 1976 Open Letter To Hobbyists, in which he whines about not making more money from his software. You know, instead of being proud of making software that people wanted to use. And then the bastard went on and made proprietary licences for software the industry standard, holding back innovation and freedom for decades. What a douche canoe.

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[-] shiftymccool@piefed.ca 40 points 2 days ago

I kinda compare it to semi truck weigh stations. I found out some time ago that if the math works out that a truck got from one weigh station to another too fast the driver can get a speeding ticket since its assumed they broke the law getting there. Apply that to money. If a person accumulates too much money, it should just be assumed that person broke laws getting it and they should be severly fined (like, most of it).

[-] bitcrafter@programming.dev 13 points 1 day ago

They're not assuming anything, they are doing calculus.

[-] shiftymccool@piefed.ca 7 points 1 day ago

For the record, i literally said "if the math works out" 😁

[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

i tried reading that article. I am waaaaaaaaay too dumb to understand it

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 20 hours ago

Lol, wikipedia in regards to math is always fucky. I love statistics and calculus, and I still struggle through their pages.

[-] bitcrafter@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

It does not have to be your cup of tea, but for the record, reading math does not require being smart so much as being patient.

[-] monotremata@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm a little disappointed this wasn't a link to the film strip we saw in high school. The cop drawling "Now this here is Rolle's theorem..." is classic.

Edit: https://vimeo.com/101691769