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His most famous prediction was one he helped make true. Microsoft's original mission statement was "A computer on every desk and in every home"
by max76 8y ago
His most famous prediction was one he helped make true.
Microsoft's original mission statement was "A computer on every desk and in every home"
- Steve44 8y agoThe ending seems to have been missed off most quotes, it appears to have been "A computer on every desk and in every home running Microsoft software".
- jlarocco 8y agoIn all fairness, it would be a terrible mission statement if it ended any other way.
- scarface74 8y agoOnly if you consider first world countries and even then it’s a stretch. The smart phone market made “computers” far more accessible than Windows ever did.
- max76 8y agoYes, there literally isn't a computer in every home. Less than 9 out of 10 households in the US currently have a computer[0]. Yes the smartphone made computers much more accessible, especially in third world countries. The iPhone was also released 23 years after the founding of Microsoft, an eternity in the tech industry. Between the founding of Microsoft and the release of Windows XP computers changed from something in a single digit percentage of households to more than half of all households in the US. That's a major accomplishment, and Microsoft played a large role in it. [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/214641/household-adoption-rate-of-computer-in-the-us-since-1997/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/214641/household-adoptio...