Edison was the Bill Gates of his age. Even today, plenty of people believe that Gates had a hand in programming Windows. His greatest success as a businessman w

Edison was the Bill Gates of his age. Even today, plenty of people believe that Gates had a hand in programming Windows. His greatest success as a businessman was marketing himself as a proxy for GE to a public that wasn't accustomed to the idea of corporate research. I think he was honestly talented, but no man could live up that image.