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		unalone on July 25, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Great quotes from Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Linus... The list has a BIT of bias against Gates. Jobs gets to be humorous and bright and dead-on. Linus gets to be hilarious and geeky. Bill Gates gets to be evil and dead wrong.

mattmaroon on July 25, 2008 [–]

Yes, I read that too. There are some pretty classic Gates quotes, but many weren't on there. My favorite: "Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one."

unalone on July 25, 2008 | [–]

Nah, that's not him. I forget who it's cited to, but that's a misquote.

Doesn't make it a lie.

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