alt Hacker NewsIf I order a new car, it may well not exist yet. The deal is that there will be a car on hand at some agreed upon date. I don’t think Gates did anything more illegal than the analogous car deal. More risky, perhaps, but that’s another thing entirely!
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BizarroLand • last Friday at 9:29 PM
IF you order a car from an unknown company, you might get lucky and it turn out to be Lamborghini in 1963 but it also might turn out to be Aptera Motors in 2004.
It's unethical to sell someone something if there are hidden risks. You wouldn't knowingly order a car from a company that tells you they know how to make cars but doesn't actually have the experience.
Maybe IBM was informed and understood the risk, but from what I've read about it Gates was less than forthcoming about what Microsoft actually had.