Gates gives 10 Billion

[Faceaz]

to charities. Had to do some quick math on this one & see the interest he's probably been making on that. Figure a 2% yield apr:

10,000,000,000 x .02 = $200,000,000
$200,000,000 x (guess 40 percent taxes) = $120,000,000
$120,000,000 / 12 months = $10,000,000 per month.


Is my math off, seems like an insane amount of money? $10,000,000 per mo interest after taxes.

 

[X-rated]

Cheap fock!!

 

[spectras only]

There's a penthouse with a 360 degree view and & 5000 sq rooftop terrace in Vancouver for rent at $500.000 a month during the 2010 winter olympics. There are two interested parties and I guess BG is one of them. Money pours in for this fockers like water into the ocean at Ocean Falls BC.

 

[Classic Daycruiser]

I give him total credit....self-made billionaire.

 

[WTRR]

I give him total credit....self-made billionaire.

He's done pretty well for a college dropout...

 

[HOSS]

He's done pretty well for a college dropout...

..and a cheap thief.

 

[dribble]

..and a cheap thief.

What did he steal ?

 

[rivermobster]

What did he steal ?

A whole lot of peoples livelyhoods! He was brutal in the begining, enginering codes in his software, that would intentionally make other peoples software look bad. He eliminated the compitition, not by having a better product, but by making others (superior) products look bad.

It's great what he's doing now, but ruined many lives in the past.

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Here is just one example of his tactics...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR_DOS


A pre-release version of Windows 3.1 was designed to return a non-fatal error message if it detected a non-Microsoft DOS. This check came to be known as the AARD code[2]. With the detection code disabled, Windows ran perfectly under DR-DOS and its successor Novell DOS. The code was present but disabled in the released version of Windows 3.1[3]


and....hehe...

He basicly stole/pirated/bought (depending on who you talk to) the whole idea of "windows" in the first place! So depending on your point of view, he is a business genius, or a pond scum sucking crook. I'd guess he's a little of both.

 

[DILLIGAF]

Is that really Hoss posting?

 

[HOSS]

Yeap. He stole alot of ideas. Ideas that weren`t his. Yeah he`s rich, but still a thief. If he was my potna I`d a stomped his ass. Hard!

 

[RiverDave]

What did he steal ?

Uhhh Windows?

RD