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> instead of only people such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

At least gates could program...

At least Jobs could design a product…

Both of them screwed over early employees wrt company shares.

Jobs and Apple board didn't give stock options/shares to some early employees, Woz stepped in to make up for some of the shortfall. see https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Woz_Plan

Gates argued with Paul Allen about the percentage of company ownership. IMHO, Allen didn't like confrontation so Allen acquiesced to Gates benefit.

The Valley promotes such figures. I once had to intervene on behalf of some Japanese visitors who were being taken advantage of by a headstrong young whippersnapper in the Valley who was totally oblivious to the needs and customs of others.

Yet in Gates' recently released memoir, if you do a ctrl+f for Kildall there are zero results. Unsure how Gates, as a programmer and business founder , could write a memoir without a single blurb for Gary.

The bio is in three parts. If he mentions Gary it will be in part 2.

Interesting, thx wasn't aware!

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