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[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Also his father steered him into philanthropy.

But he did make the turn and has followed up and lived it. I think it’s perfectly fine to give the man some credit.

He certainly stole intellectual property and made substandard software to build his fortune, but when I compare this to someone like Andrew Carnegie these look like pretty minor crimes.