Why don't you leave that kind of immature analysis to yourself?
As if Steve was a personal friend of yours? It's a message board, people are entitled to their opinions. Just because we enjoy the products he was responsible for doesn't mean we need to deify the man
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What people do in public and how they feel in private are sometimes two vastly different things. We don't know of the possible charitable donations made by Steve Jobs, just as we don't know the motivations for Bill Gates charitable work. In fact, what are his motivations in this interview regarding Steve Jobs?
Is this a chance to re-write history now that "the other guy" has passed? Is he attempting to siphon off for himself some of the good will people of the world feel for Steve Jobs? We just can't know for sure.
Many have been suspicious of the Gates Foundation and its partners focusing their "charitable work" outside of the US. Some feel this is a preemptive strike to enter the third world market and canonize themselves so that when a billion people finally get the purchasing power, they will choose "their savior" Windows. Even if it takes 20 years, the cost of this investment masquerading as charity is peanuts compared to the reward of dominating that enormous future market.
It's diabolical, yes, but that's Bill Gates for you
Whatever the reason, one is pure speculation. The FACT is that he's addressing the needs of others, and even if it's done for a secondary gain it's still more than what many others have done