Gates without Microsoft

[Dave Land]

On Jun 22, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:

>> as for gates, i credit melinda for his philanthropic endeavors,  
>> plus he gets a tax break...

I think a tip of the had must be given to his father, too.

Bill Gates, Jr. may have headed up a company that has proven itself  
larcenous, plagiaristic, avaricious, and in prone to developing  
inelegant, insecure software, but he was raised by a well-known  
philanthropist, so there's nothing really new about the connection of  
philanthropy with the name William H. Gates.

Here's an odd detail: the founder of Microsoft is William Henry Gates  
III. His Father was William Henry Gates, and only later took to  
calling himself "Sr.", to help people separate him from his famous  
son. *That* William Henry Gates' father was named William Henry Gates  
II, and _also_ later called himself "Sr." Seems to me that the founder  
of Microsoft is at _least_ William Henry Gates IV. Or, as his company  
would have named him, "Microsoft Billgates 1955, Personal Edition for  
Windows".

>> i suspect the man is either mildly autistic, borderline personality  
>> disorder, or has asperger's syndrome?

If you've seen the movie "The Corporation", the diagnosis is obvious.

Dave