Antitrust. I'd assume that Bill Gates was that character's inspiration.Vertigo1 wrote:You know, Gates reminds me of that company CEO asshole from that movie where he would hire peeps to write code for him, and then off-them when they "didn't serve a purpose". He'd steal code from other people and do the same thing. I can't remember the name of the movie to safe my life though. ...Durandal wrote:Apparently, Gates is utterly devoid of a sense of humor.
Bill Gates dissed on TV! His reaction: priceless!!
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That's how it looked to me. He's smiling, but probably trying to think of a comeback but can't come up with anything appropriate. (What could he have come up with, anyway?)Spyder wrote:for all I know he's probably just hard pressed for a good comback.
No, the movie specifically refers to Bill Gates as a completely separate person.Antitrust. I'd assume that Bill Gates was that character's inspiration.
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Anti-trust, and the guy looked just like gates too.Vertigo1 wrote:You know, Gates reminds me of that company CEO asshole from that movie where he would hire peeps to write code for him, and then off-them when they "didn't serve a purpose". He'd steal code from other people and do the same thing. I can't remember the name of the movie to safe my life though. ...Durandal wrote:Apparently, Gates is utterly devoid of a sense of humor.
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Yes, and the character in anti-trust was a former microsith employee who stole a company project and went in business for himself, and liquidated gates, kinda like former IBM intern Gates did....
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