[OT] Linda McQuaig on Bill Gates

Stephen stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Tue Mar 22 23:42:44 UTC 2011


On 11-03-22 07:35 PM, Thomas Milne wrote:
> I've been reading The Trouble with Billionaires by Linda McQuaig and
> she includes a section on Bill Gates. I had never read any of the
> history of Bill Gates and CP/M and Gary Kildall. Definitely a story
> worth looking up, I can't believe how much of Bill Gates' success is
> based on the work of others. Pretty much _all_ of it. According to
> McQuaig, under todays copyright and patent rules, Gates would have had
> a very different experience.
Has Microsoft ever been innovative?

Once you get past the paper clip, Bob, and the blue screen of death, it 
is pretty tough to credit Microsoft with any innovation at all.

Stephen
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