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Gates seemed to be the only one who understood the value of DOS initially. Not you, not I, not Gary Kildall, not IBM, not Tim Paterson.
by skookumchuck 8y ago
Gates seemed to be the only one who understood the value of DOS initially. Not you, not I, not Gary Kildall, not IBM, not Tim Paterson.
- petra 8y agoAny idea how he got to that unique understanding? Is that something we can learn from?
- skookumchuck 8y agoIf I knew how, I'd be a billionaire myself :-)
- btilly 8y agoIf you read http://gunkies.org/wiki/Gordon_Letwin_OS/2_usenet_post http://gunkies.org/wiki/Gordon_Letwin_OS/2_usenet_post closely you'll understand the key business insight about the value of platforms that underlay a lot of Microsoft's success. And further see how Microsoft's continued success required a series of good decisions that capitalized on the famous lucky break.
- code_duck 8y agoThere were thousands of other people involved in the industry at the time. Many of them understood the future value of personal computer operating systems.