<story><title>Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Hits Out at Gates </title><url>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576232051635476200.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLETopStories</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>codingthewheel</author><text>Difficult to see how publicizing this stuff could be beneficial for Mr. Allen. At that level, and sitting on top of a multi-billion dollar fortune, it almost never behooves you to say anything negative about anybody -- least of all one of your former partners. I also think complaining about not getting a bigger share of MS stock, when you&apos;ve got 14 billion in the bank...not exactly the stuff of which Jedi are made.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sunchild</author><text>He isn&apos;t doing it to benefit himself.  He probably doesn&apos;t care whether you like him or not, and he definitely doesn&apos;t need your money or respect.&lt;p&gt;I guess Paul just wants the world to know that the image of Gates as our benevolent patron of philanthropy is itself revisionism, lest anyone forget that Bill Gates was one of the least loyal and trustworthy friends a person could ask for.&lt;p&gt;It doesn&apos;t surprise me that HN sides with the victor in cases like this, but I would argue that any serious business person should watch and learn carefully from the lessons of two close friends who changed the world and ended up disliking each other.</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Hits Out at Gates </title><url>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576232051635476200.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLETopStories</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>codingthewheel</author><text>Difficult to see how publicizing this stuff could be beneficial for Mr. Allen. At that level, and sitting on top of a multi-billion dollar fortune, it almost never behooves you to say anything negative about anybody -- least of all one of your former partners. I also think complaining about not getting a bigger share of MS stock, when you&apos;ve got 14 billion in the bank...not exactly the stuff of which Jedi are made.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>silvestrov</author><text>He wants to be acknowledged.  Everybody knows Bill Gates and sees him as the smart and great computer guy, while Mr. Allan is an unknown.  It&apos;s like 2 brothers where the lesser talented uses all his life to proof he&apos;s just as good and therefore never gets to create something.</text></comment>