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I don’t care who you are — a Mac fanatic, a Linux geek, or a Windows follower - Bill Gates deserves the utmost respect from business and technology persons of all kinds. You can have all your gripes about Microsoft’s business model and their methods of competition but without Bill Gates the technology and business world would be a much different landscape than it is today.

Bill embodies the spirit of entrepreneurship that has grown to help define the American economy. He became a hero for millions of geeks all over the world by showing them it is possible. You can do it yourself, sitting in your basement, garage, or kitchen. Through the technology he has created at Microsoft along with the business lessons he has taught us – the idea of entrepreneurship and running your own small business is now a matter of motivation rather than capital expenditure.

Bill has been my idol for quite some time. And if he’s not yours you should at least respect the man for what he did for you and our industry. Microsoft may not embrace Web 2.0, but if you think we would be where we are today without he and Microsoft you are lying to yourself. If you think the dotcom era would have come without Bill and Microsoft you are mistaken.

Successful businesses and entrepreneurs of my generation (20something technologists) owe what we have accomplished and what we are capable of to one man. Successful Fortune 500 companies owe advancements in the technology that made them more efficient to one man. The stay at home mom who runs a company on eBay from home owes her success to one man.

Respect the man.

Gates to Cede Software Reins | The New York Times

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