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lazygamer:
So I remember quite awhile back I watched this movie called "Pirates of Silicon Valley", it was about Bill Gates, Steve Jobbs and the rise of Microsoft and Apple.

Now I can't remember much of the movie. Just who was this Bill Gates anyways? Was he a fucking loser in school who got picked on all the time(seriously)? Was he a scheming, backstabbing sociopath as a kid and teenager? Perhaps he developed this at Microsoft? What if he was good in the begining and was corrupted later on? Or perhaps what if he was good in the early 90's, but became evil in the mid 90's(win 95)? And hey, did such "evilness" only resonate in his busisness dealings with Wind0ze and the computer world, or was he a horrible person all the time?

choasforages:
hes been a bastard since the 80's when he "made" dos. and slipped away from under IBM's thumb. don't know much about his personal life though. isn't he marryed to some supermodel or somthing

ravuya:
Pirates of Silicon Valley is an entirely fictional show. It never ceases to amaze me how many people tell me of the fistfight between Gates and Jobs over the GUI.

KernelPanic:
I respect and despise the man at the same time. Somehow..   :confused:

preacher:
This was indeed an interesting movie, although much of it is untrue, some of it is true, and the way Gates and Jobs were portayed, are how I wish they really were, it would make for some interesting news stories. If you want to see a good promotional film for open source, watch anti-trust. Its basically the story of what would happen if Bill Gates really was evil. Also the good guys are seen using gnome on *nix in the film.

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