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Originally posted by torontotrance Bill Gates is notorious for changing his mind so often that it hurts. He's the richest man in the world (excluding kings and stuff) and he did not get that way by being nice to anyone or playing by the rules. Gates has long bullied his way to the top and 50B later, he has so much money, he does not know what to do with it. See Gates wanted to crush the pirates but the court of public opinion was more important. I don't think Gates really gives a damn anymore, he's bullied Sun, Netscape, Oracle and others and he's won. He was once threatened to be fined a million dollars a day by the DOJ in the US, Gates response was typical, he laughed for a few minutes and said I make a million dollars every 2.5 hrs, I can afford it.

Actually I thought I read somewhere (had something to do with guinness world book) that since 2002 apple's owner (whoever that is) was officially the richest man. Dunno if that's true tho.. Damn I would declare myself rich if one of them would give me their profits from just one day Rich bastards

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Het doel van een heel deel hier is niet over muziek te praten maar door zijn deelname aan discussies een zo groot mogelijk intellect proberen aan de dag te leggen en daarmee een rare vorm van zelfbevrediging in werking stellen. 'It's a strange world'