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"Really forward-thinking"? All of what Bill Gates "envisioned" in this 1983 article was already done or about to be done at that time. Gates is well known for b
by jojo14 7y ago
"Really forward-thinking"? All of what Bill Gates "envisioned" in this 1983 article was already done or about to be done at that time. Gates is well known for being bad at prediction and for having no vision to imagine the future. It certainly is not the reason why Microsoft kind of "succeeded". No need to rewrite history.
- petra 7y ago>> Gates is well known for being bad at prediction and for having no vision to imagine the future. Interesting. Got any references for that ?
- wankeler 7y ago640k more than enough for anyone Multiple overlapping windows not useful
- ncmncm 7y agoMicrosoft "succeeded" by cranking monopoly power absolutely as hard as it would go. They haven't really changed, although they have learned to be less obvious about it. They set the software world back by 20 years. Before Microsoft, nobody thought computers should just randomly fail all the time. They got people to think it was perfectly normal, and not a reason to send the damn thing back for a refund.