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GeneralRe: Don't be hatin': Bill Gates Is Richest Man In the World Again Pin
newton.saber3-Mar-15 11:16
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Pete O'Hanlon3-Mar-15 11:20
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newton.saber3-Mar-15 11:29
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newton.saber4-Mar-15 10:48
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Super Lloyd3-Mar-15 14:52
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jschell4-Mar-15 8:31
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
I'm pretty sure that a lot of other people built the Windows OS


Yes but, Bill Gates is substantially responsible for
- Insuring that Windows went forward (his reasons, probably fear, doesn't alter his push.)
- Building Microsoft itself.
- And finally, and most importantly, the mistake by IBM in terms of licensing PC-DOS and then Bill Gates taking advantage of that.

Seems likely that without any of those then world right now would be have a more fragmented market and because of that less volume of usage of software. There would have, of course, been competition between platforms. But that same competition would have reduced the marketplace for applications.
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Mark_Wallace3-Mar-15 11:04
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