There are those in the real-world Silicon Valley who think that HBO's "Silicon Valley," the network's long-running satire, is too critical of the tech industry.
But in a new blog entry, no less than Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has a message for those people: lighten up.
"I have friends in Silicon Valley who refuse to watch the show because they think it's just making fun of them," writes Gates. "I always tell them: 'You really should watch it, because they don't make any more fun of us than we deserve.'"
Image: Bill Gates in 1992 — well after Microsoft would be considered a startup, but before it became the tremendously powerful global force it is today.AP Photo
