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I think you are massively underestimating the amount of work he put in, and his abilities outside of just this deal. He didn't just buy DOS, he made sure it ke
by m00x 3y ago
I think you are massively underestimating the amount of work he put in, and his abilities outside of just this deal.
He didn't just buy DOS, he made sure it kept up with the best OS on the market, including Apple's. He also recognized the initial quality of DOS outside of several other OS on the market, which he learned because he was an expert in the field and made BASIC. He also Microsoft ahead of the curve at almost every point during the computer revolution.
- soperj 3y agolol. Basic was made by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. How were they ahead of the curve? By implementing a GUI well after Apple had stolen the designs from Xerox? Microsoft didn't even write the port of qDos for the IBM PC, they had to get Tim Paterson from SCP to write it for them.
- m00x 3y agoI meant a BASIC interpreter for the Altair, but HN won't let me edit post. There's no doubt that Gates is a capable programmer. Microsoft was successful for a reason. They were much faster, and better than other computers. They demolished the personal computer market for decades.