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You could never pay me enough money to want to look, act, speak, and think like that. It's his "life", and he can have it.

Whether or not you want to be Gates is irrelevant to the issue of whether he "blew it". The fact of the matter is that he won.

Won what?
Keep posted. You'll see the misery eventually.
MS is buried up to its ass in deceit, worthless option pay - off the books, etc.
When his "win" is over in the eyars ahead it will look like anyone else's "major catastrophe".
Basically, he was first on the scene with an "operating asytem" for the masses, and took full advantage of the fact that whoever controls the Master Boot Record controls the machine, and what it can and cannot do.
Look for major recriminations in the years ahead. You couldn't "give me" his "position" in the market.
The company is going to become "toast".
As for you, better rethink what you consider to be "success". Be careful what you ask for, you might get it!