Oh yes, of course. In retrospect, I have to think he was propped up specifically to consolidate the computing industry around Windows. I was too young to understand it fully at the time, but I'm always reminded of Bill Gates "buying out" Homer Simpson's "startup". Within the last few years, I remember a documentary about the Browser Wars where they were really trying to push a whole bizarre "Microsoft wasn't really a villain" angle.
He's gone from shady business practices to control over our computers to being propped up inexplicably as a "Global Health Expert", and trying to consolidate control over our entire lives.
Oh yes, of course. In retrospect, I have to think he was propped up specifically to consolidate the computing industry around Windows. I was too young to understand it fully at the time, but I'm always reminded of Bill Gates "buying out" Homer Simpson's "startup". Within the last few years, I remember a documentary about the Browser Wars where they were really trying to push a whole bizarre "Microsoft wasn't really a villain" angle.
He's gone from shady business practices to control over our computers to being propped up inexplicably as a "Global Health Expert", and trying to consolidate control over our entire lives.