[qasar]

In the words of Linus Torvalds "Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems."

the point of the article is that he has done a lot of great for people that markets have traditionally ignored, not if he deserved the success microsoft brought.

if you really hate microsoft, go build something better.

the only thing that counts is action and results. the market doesnt care if you if you're mom knew the IBM chairman - it only cares what you can do with what you have.