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• February 11, 2000, on How to Become As Rich As Bill Gates:

  Just thought I'd add two short anecdotes about BillyBoy that I've heard from friends who've met him. The first comes from a MS meeting during which one individual was giving a report that Bill had asked him for. Afterwards, Bill stood up and said snidely "Do you actually work for me?" and left the room. Nice guy. Another story shows him to be even nicer: An artist friend of mine some years ago lived in WA by a lake of some kind (I'm not really sure if it was a lake or part of some series of water leading to the Pacific, but it really doesn't amtter to the story). Apparently, Bill had decided that the homes along this lake were inappropriately enjoying property that he should have, so he bought all but a few of them and built a resort were they had been. My friend was visiting the area, and one morning while helping chop wood (it was right around Xmas -- it might have actually been Xmas Day, but again I don't really recall) he thought he heard a cry for help. When the other ...