[fr0man]

The two aren't really related. It's not like Microsoft was Walmart, coming into towns and destroying mom and pop drugstores that had been in business 50 years and whose owners were barely making it. Microsoft engaged in business practices and tried to drive their competitors out of business. This isn't 'evil', it's just business. And they did some illegal things, but that's also not 'evil', and they also got caught and paid the price, both with their reputation and in the penalties that were assessed. Contrast that with the philanthropic work that the Gates Foundation has done and it's not. Even. Close. To call him 'evil' is just ignorant.

[inferno0069]

Walmart: "coming into towns and destroying mom and pop drugstores" = evil but Microsoft: "tried to drive their competitors out of business" = not evil ?