Oh my gosh yes. It's amazing, you'd think that he was the only one who died that day, the way the internet seems to be fawning over him. From what I've read, the man was total tool and a tyrant. Yes, he did great things for the computer industry, but the way that everyone talks about him, you'd think that he was so much more. I never heard about him devoting time to charitable organizations or relief funds, or about him being a great human being. (Say what you will about Bill Gates, but the man has devoted a considerable amount of his fortune to scholarship funds and other charitable organizations.)
Seriously, the man was not as great as everyone says he was. He was human. He was flawed. And while I understand that we have a hard time speaking ill of the dead (has it stopped us from bashing Hitler and Stalin to kingdom come... nope) people are making so much more out of him than is necessary.
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Date: 2011-10-08 05:49 pm (UTC)Seriously, the man was not as great as everyone says he was. He was human. He was flawed. And while I understand that we have a hard time speaking ill of the dead (has it stopped us from bashing Hitler and Stalin to kingdom come... nope) people are making so much more out of him than is necessary.