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May 22, 1999, on How to Become As Rich As Bill Gates:
Several people above have written that we hate Bill Gates and Microsoft because we're jealous of Bill's money. This is a frequent allegation, and I've not seen anyone else respond to it, so... I am not jealous of Bill's money. How do I know this? Because I can name several other millionaires and billionaires whom I feel nothing but admiration for. Steve Jobs, for starters. Or looking outside the computing field, George Lucas. Yes, if it's really envy of Bill's money, where are all the "I hate George Lucas" pages? Lucas has even bragged that he has trouble thinking of how to spend all his cash. No, the reason we hate Bill Gates is that he's raped the computer industry, stealing innovations from other people when he can't buy them. I can't think of a single Microsoft product that hadn't been done before, better, by someone else. I wouldn't mind having Bill's money, of course. (Or Steve's, or George's.) But I will say that if I were as rich as Bill, I'd find a hell of ...