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Four Microsoft employees accuse Bill Gates of being an office 'bully' whose catchphrase was 'that's the stupidest f*****g idea I've ever heard' and claim he pursued sexual affairs with employees and journalists
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Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 That's funny. That's the exact thing my Windows 10 said to me when I asked it to format a 128GB drive to FAT32.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-06-30 02:28||   2021-06-30 02:28|| Front Page Top

#2 And here I thought he became a multi-billionaire by imitating mother Therese.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-06-30 03:44||   2021-06-30 03:44|| Front Page Top

#3 “Affairs with employees and journalists”. Now that is a f****ng stupid idea.
Posted by Airandee 2021-06-30 06:00||   2021-06-30 06:00|| Front Page Top

#4 journalists...?

What self respecting presstitute
would not lick that slim shlong?
For a leg up, a kick up, or a free tute,
on winning in Microsoft Mahjong!
Posted by Dron66046 2021-06-30 06:10||   2021-06-30 06:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Mating preferences
Mate preferences in humans refers to why one human chooses or chooses not to mate with another human and their reasoning why (see: Evolutionary Psychology, mating). Men and women have been observed having different criteria as what makes a good or ideal mate (gender differences). A potential mate's socioeconomic status has also been seen as having a noticeable effect,
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-06-30 06:34||   2021-06-30 06:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Management styles differ. Notice it didn't say...."four former Microsoft employees." I take it none of the disaffected resigned or sold their MSFT holdings.

Somebody discovers (for possibly good reason) he was seeking a little nookie on the side, and we'll just forget that fact he created tens of thousands of jobs, possibly more. Now he's a worthless, no good, SOB. Ok, I go it.

Personally, I never cared much for him or Melinda. But my disregard stemmed from their politics and globalist activities, not their management style or personal affairs.

Daily Mail was it? Surprise, surprise. Find me a POM publication that has anything good to say about an American.

Care for a little 'class envy?' Why yes, two scoops please.

Fok a bunch of perfidious Albionites.
There, I said it.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-30 07:09||   2021-06-30 07:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Reason to hate Mr. Gates, an early example of two sets of laws. Clearly demonstrated in the first case that found Microborg guilty of violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. It and he should have been hammered then and there.

Wonder if he said 'that's the stupidest f*****g idea I've ever heard' when the internet started to take off and a subordinate recommended falling in line? The second anti-trust case found that Microborg had violated the agreement of the first case by integrating an internet browser into Windows then claim it was unremovable. Then a court appointed master went on to actually do it without losing much in the form of operational capability. He and his corp should have been hammered hard, very hard on that one.

I wondered if he said 'that's the stupidest f*****g idea I've ever heard' when a subordinate recommended a smaller subset of their operating system for general users. There is a reason that Apple and Android own the tablet business and Microborg is a bit player.
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-06-30 07:32||   2021-06-30 07:32|| Front Page Top

#8 If 'that's the stupidest f*****g idea I've ever heard' is the worst thing he tends to say, it's pretty tame if you ask me.
Posted by Raj 2021-06-30 09:32||   2021-06-30 09:32|| Front Page Top

#9 /\ Well, for a fella who has obviously had some (not all) pretty GOOD ideas, perhaps taking heed of his comments would have been appropriate.

Just say'n.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-30 10:25||   2021-06-30 10:25|| Front Page Top

#10 'that's the stupidest f*****g idea I've ever heard'

Gates Foundation commits $2.1B to advance gender equality
Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-30 12:12||   2021-06-30 12:12|| Front Page Top

#11 ^ Not to mention the chalk dust.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-06-30 12:20||   2021-06-30 12:20|| Front Page Top

#12 Based on the ideas they *did* implement (remember clippy?) the mind boggles thinking what Bill regarded as 'stupid.'
Posted by Angstrom 2021-06-30 12:27||   2021-06-30 12:27|| Front Page Top

#13 Bloatware, buggy beyond belief
Market manipulator
Tying
Cheated his partner -- the ACTUAL tech genius

Yeah, a real shining hero of capitalism
Posted by Jiggs Lumplump6921 2021-06-30 12:53||   2021-06-30 12:53|| Front Page Top

#14 'that's the stupidest f*****g idea I've ever heard'

How do I miss an obligatory mention of the ol' beat-on rented mule, Microsoft Bob?
Posted by Raj 2021-06-30 14:18||   2021-06-30 14:18|| Front Page Top

#15 "office bully" that's called a boss snowflakes
Posted by Chris 2021-06-30 17:42||   2021-06-30 17:42|| Front Page Top

#16 I can see the rusty wheels turning.
"Hmmm...gender equality, or Cancer?"
Some cog got stuck.
Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-30 20:10||   2021-06-30 20:10|| Front Page Top

#17 In ‘72 Digital Equipment built mini-computers which ran DOS and were used in Argon and Fermi national labs. By the mid 80s, DEC systems competed with IBM. One branch of software ran 122 different National Telephone companies. In fact the last DEC super computers were replaced by a major government around 2018. DEC would not allow just anyone to run programs on their computers. MICROSOFT did not have those restrictions.
Posted by Black Charlie Ghibelline7421 2021-06-30 22:07||   2021-06-30 22:07|| Front Page Top

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