Had his ethics really changed he would acknowledge what he did before, at the helm of Microsoft, was wrong and pressure his successors not to repeat his past misdeeds.
I think the only thing he apologized for was the plan to seize Allen's part of MS while he was dying (luckily, he recovered). And he did so after Allen found out about it.
Have you ever heard something like an apology for all the rest? Me neither.
He didn't do anything particularly offensive while running Microsoft. He shouldn't apologize. Competition on that big of a scale for that big of a prize should be very competitive, it should be painful and brutal. Gates didn't use a gun, he didn't use TNT to kill his competition, he didn't use the government to do it either.
Oh no, the big company competed very much so harshly.
And much like IBM before Microsoft, a new big nasty company came along and made them barely relevant. Now we have Google, Apple, Facebook, all giants that are nasty in their own ways.
Who gives a shit. In another ten years, the world will be turned upside down again. You should be thanking Gates for stepping up to the plate and competing as he did. It's no different than the way Apple or Google or anybody else competes, and it's a good thing.
I think the only thing he apologized for was the plan to seize Allen's part of MS while he was dying (luckily, he recovered). And he did so after Allen found out about it.
Have you ever heard something like an apology for all the rest? Me neither.