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Two visionaries of the computer age. Which do you think contributed more to the industry they each grew up in?
@divegeester saidJobs by a mile
Two visionaries of the computer age. Which do you think contributed more to the industry they each grew up in?
@divegeester saidGates by 1.6 km.
Two visionaries of the computer age. Which do you think contributed more to the industry they each grew up in?
@wolfgang59 saidI say Gates by 1.7 km. That is on a standard day at sea level with a temp of 70F (21C).
Gates by 1.6 km.
@divegeester saidIn this world, whoever dies with the most toys and lives the longest wins.
Two visionaries of the computer age. Which do you think contributed more to the industry they each grew up in?
@divegeester saidIt is a very difficult question to answer. We would need criteria about "contribution to industry"
Two visionaries of the computer age. Which do you think contributed more to the industry they each grew up in?
@divegeester saidThe best you can say about Steve Jobs is that at least he wasn't as big a pirate and profiteer as Bill Gates still is. The damage Gates has done to the computer world in general and on-line safety in particular is impossible to overstate.
Two visionaries of the computer age. Which do you think contributed more to the industry they each grew up in?
@shallow-blue saidWould you like to explain how you have become locked in this perception?
The damage Gates has done to the computer world in general and on-line safety in particular is impossible to overstate.
@whodey saidI wasn’t asking who “won” anything nor for projections across different multiverses.
In this world, whoever dies with the most toys and lives the longest wins.
Gates wins.
@divegeester saidWonder away ... nobody cares.
I wonder if the world would be a better place without either of their impacts on it.
@ponderable saidIndeed, what are the criteria, but also if not them then somebody else?
It is a very difficult question to answer. We would need criteria about "contribution to industry"
@wolfgang59 saidAnd yet here you are grumping away in my thread 🙂
Wonder away ... nobody cares.
@divegeester saidNot if you put it like that, no.
Would you like to explain how you have become locked in this perception?