# Microfrugal stiffs teen **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 29, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746 "2004-04-29T21:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/1 "2004-04-29T21:02:31Z")
[http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39120038,00.htm](http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39120038,00.htm) You’d think they would have tipped him or something. It’s not like the company has no money. More money for Gates I guess. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/2 "2004-04-29T21:28:22Z")
That’s what happens when you don’t write up a contract… ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/3 "2004-04-29T22:20:09Z")
But according to that story, the kid’s not even complaining! He seems happy in fact. So who cares. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/4 "2004-04-29T22:28:07Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > …instead of bunging the teenage boffin a few quid… I swear, he ain’t using real words. ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/5 "2004-04-29T22:30:10Z")
It’ll look pretty good on his resume. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/6 "2004-04-29T22:42:02Z")
Sounds like he wasn’t expecting payment, so not a big deal. It’d be nice if they send him some free software, though. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/7 "2004-04-29T22:52:23Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Sounds like he wasn’t expecting payment, so not a big deal. It’d be nice if they send him some free software, though. What, like Linux? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/8 "2004-04-29T23:08:01Z")
Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/9 "2004-04-29T23:08:06Z")
Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/10 "2004-04-30T05:27:15Z")
> [@](#): > > While, according to reports, Thompson is quite chuffed to have worked with the software giant, many people have been left wondering if a company that can absorb a €497m fine without breaking stride could have given the tech whizzkid a cash sum for his trouble So. Is ‘chuffed’ a good thing or a bad thing? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/11 "2004-04-30T05:58:45Z")
Chuffed: Pleased as punch 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/12 "2004-04-30T10:20:32Z")
It could be a lot worse: depressingly I wouldn’t be exactly surprised if a large software company, on being tipped off to a security flaw, ignored it and made threatening noises at the guy who found it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/13 "2004-04-30T11:03:54Z")
Well, Bill Gates didn’t get to be the richest man in the world by writing a lot of checks. Buy him out, boys! [sub]Yeah, yeah, that Ikea guy edged Gates, shut up, I’m quoting _Simpsons_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/14 "2004-04-30T11:07:59Z")
I read the title as Frugal Teen microstiffs. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/15 "2004-04-30T11:08:38Z")
The Ikea thing, at least according to the article I read about the guy the other day, is a rumor. He’s never disclosed how much money he actually has, so it may or may not be more than Gates has. It’s academic for both of them anyway. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/16 "2004-05-01T03:05:43Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > From the article: > > I swear, he ain’t using real words. Are boffins in big demand in the UK, or are they outsourcing them for Bombay boffins? ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/17 "2004-05-01T20:24:46Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Well, Bill Gates didn’t get to be the richest man in the world by writing a lot of checks. Yeah, he’s only donated [$7 billion +](http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Grants/) to helping solve the world’s problems. What percentage of your wages do you donate? ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microfrugal-stiffs-teen/242746/18 "2004-05-01T22:27:36Z")
> [@Tikki](#): > > Yeah, he’s only donated [$7 billion +](http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Grants/) to helping solve the world’s problems. What percentage of your wages do you donate? Um, you might want to read the postscript.