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Seems like a very unrealistic view of Gates. It’s true that he was highly technical, but any research into early Microsoft casts him as just as aggressive and

by zepto 6y ago

Seems like a very unrealistic view of Gates. It’s true that he was highly technical, but any research into early Microsoft casts him as just as aggressive and cutthroat as Jobs. The Brin/Page example seems more realistic to me. It’s not at all obvious that they were ‘in control’ though. Google today seems like a function of corporate managers like Schmidt and very little like the force for good that early Page and Brin seemed to envision.

908B64B197 6y ago
> but any research into early Microsoft casts him as just as aggressive and cutthroat as Jobs. Only difference is, he knew what he was talking about. [0] https://lowendmac.com/2015/apple-iii-chaos-apples-first-failure/ https://lowendmac.com/2015/apple-iii-chaos-apples-first-fail... [1] https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=PC_Board_Esthetics.txt&sortOrder=Sort+by+Date&characters=Steve+Jobs https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor... [2] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/06/16/my-first-billg-review/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/06/16/my-first-billg-rev...