Bill Gates was a tough competitor, to be sure, and you had to bring your A game when dealing with Microsoft. But the complaints that he was &#x27;evil&#x27;, when you drill down to see what the actual complaint is, just seem to fade away. Most of it seems to be simply envy.<p>See &quot;In Search of Stupidity&quot; by Chapman.<p>P.S. I was in the industry throughout that era, and competed directly against Microsoft in programming languages.