I wonder if he really thinks holding the world hostage with proprietary software is ethical? You would think the guy would be 100% aware of the barriers Microsoft creates for people struggling in third world countries, yet MS has no problem handing out free copies of Windows in third world countries to to get people hooked into the closed system so that they can eventually create profit which Bill Gates claims to be using to fight malaria, yet he just keeps making more and more money.<p>I just wonder if he's aware that his OS is the least accessible to the poor, and that proprietary software is generally bad for developing societies.<p>I wish the circle jerk around this guy would come to an end.<p>Proprietary software was a mistake.