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Paul Allen has died at age 65:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/15/paul-allen-co-founder-microsoft-dies
Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates, has died. He was 65.
Allen's company Vulcan said in a statement that he died Monday. Earlier this month Allen said the cancer he was treated for in 2009, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, had returned.
Allen, who was an avid sports fan, owned the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks.
Of course the article has more information. There was more to Paul Allen that just mentioned above. Bound to hit multiple sources with different takes so be on the lookout for something from a source you like.
takyon: Allen Institute bio and Vulcan Inc. statement.
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday October 16 2018, @11:22AM (4 children)
It's remarkable that there isn't more discussion about this. Paul Allen was one of the main dudes at Microsoft, the company that many of us loved to hate for decades. Windows still runs on the majority of the world's computers.
Does the lack of interest indicate, however, that Microsoft and Windows no longer feel relevant?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by suburbanitemediocrity on Tuesday October 16 2018, @12:12PM
Probably, but also younger generations didn't live through it.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Tuesday October 16 2018, @12:18PM (1 child)
Probably more related to people refraining from speaking ill of the dead, like how he robbed the public for his own benefit: https://blog.generationopportunity.org/articles/2016/06/15/richard-sherman-stop-using-public-funds-to-pay-for-stadiums/ [generationopportunity.org]
(Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Sunday October 21 2018, @11:30PM
You would occasionally here Paul was up to something, but mostly felt like it was only in the news because he was associated with Bill. Conversely if Bill was to go we would all be chatting it up as we've all got opinions on him and things he's done over the years.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 1) by rockchalkie on Tuesday October 16 2018, @04:44PM
Windows does not run on the majority of the world's computers.
From wikipedia:
"There are three big personal computing platforms.[2] Google claims over 2.7 billion users[3] with Android while Microsoft has claimed over 1.4 billion users for Windows. The third "platform" – or strictly two (or three) platforms – Apple's iOS and macOS combined, is claimed to have over 1.3 billion users."