Though my substantial computer education has been through strong doses of open source and Richard Stallman, I feel indebted to Mr. William Gates III.
3 days after he quit his legendary Microsoft.
Mr. Gates through his Microsoft gave us humans a lot to feel happy and indebted. Whatever may be his motive, he's a visionary, who has contributed laudably to the human society at large and is still doing with his charity foundation.
Its difficult to imagine a life without my laptop right now and without all those (cheap) desktops all around the place. Such large scale usage of personal computers have substantially been made possible by his maiden attempt at an universal language for comp hardwares independent of the vendor, starting right from his enthusiastic dabbling with DOS back in the 80's.
If its difficult to grasp, just imagine a life with an Apple market monopoly... its gruesome.
One fact is that, the opensource guys would have found it difficult to exist if it wouldn't be for the company they loathe so much. What good Linux would have been without affordable comps?
Though I always prefer a Linux over any other OS, I still feel that the way Microsoft, Windows and Gates have been able to revolutionize our way of life is sincerely commendable.
Therefore, as this man leaves behind a legacy, hard to re-produce or, excel by an individual, he deserves admiration and respect from everyone, even from his adversaries.
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