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He has been asked his whole life if was true that he was out flying his plane when IBM representatives showed up at his office. https://techrights.org/wp-conte

He has been asked his whole life if was true that he was out flying his plane when IBM representatives showed up at his office. https://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bill-Gates-is-divisive-kildall.jpg https://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bill-Gates...

CamperBob2 2y ago
That doesn't answer the question, of course. It doesn't sound like Gates did anything wrong or even questionable here.
- achairapart 2y ago
  Do you know who made the story that he “went flying”? Yes, Bill Gates.
  - CamperBob2 2y ago
    AFAIK Kildall never denied it. If so, I'd like to see an authoritative source, as opposed to an irrelevant meme.
    - achairapart 2y ago
      I mean Gates made up the infamous apocryphal story that he was flying for fun, careless about IBM and whatnot. Not that he wasn't actually on a plane (coming back from a business meeting). Gates told that story to reporters. That is fact. There's plenty of info on the internet, starting from Kildall' Wikipedia page and its sources. You don't have to dig that hard. I'm sure Gary Kildall had his faults or negligence about the deal gone wrong with IBM. That's a complicated story. But still, he was haunted his whole life by the silly "went flying" story. And that's one thing that Bill Gates did to him.
    - lproven 2y ago
      [Sigh] I keep trying to correct the rampant misinformation and disinformation about this. It's all a matter of record and most of the people are still alive. Yes, Kildall went flying. He went to see an important partner, Bill Godbout, with his employee Tom Rolander. https://scobleizer.blog/2007/08/08/the-rest-of-the-story-behind-microsofts-os-deal-with-ibm/ https://scobleizer.blog/2007/08/08/the-rest-of-the-story-beh... Rolander talks about the flight here: https://youtu.be/Dx89THub510?si=Fco75Iq6Ap2GDfY3&t=1020 https://youtu.be/Dx89THub510?si=Fco75Iq6Ap2GDfY3&t=1020 (17min onwards.) Godbout died quite recently, and is missed in the classic and vintage computer world: he was a big figure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Godbout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Godbout
lproven 2y ago
It was true -- but he was flying to visit a client, and he was a programmer not a lawyer. His wife, Barbara McEwen, was the company lawyer and she did the negotiating. It was her job, not Gary's.

CamperBob2 2y ago

That doesn't answer the question, of course. It doesn't sound like Gates did anything wrong or even questionable here.

achairapart 2y ago
Do you know who made the story that he “went flying”? Yes, Bill Gates.
- CamperBob2 2y ago
  AFAIK Kildall never denied it. If so, I'd like to see an authoritative source, as opposed to an irrelevant meme.
  - achairapart 2y ago
    I mean Gates made up the infamous apocryphal story that he was flying for fun, careless about IBM and whatnot. Not that he wasn't actually on a plane (coming back from a business meeting). Gates told that story to reporters. That is fact. There's plenty of info on the internet, starting from Kildall' Wikipedia page and its sources. You don't have to dig that hard. I'm sure Gary Kildall had his faults or negligence about the deal gone wrong with IBM. That's a complicated story. But still, he was haunted his whole life by the silly "went flying" story. And that's one thing that Bill Gates did to him.
  - lproven 2y ago
    [Sigh] I keep trying to correct the rampant misinformation and disinformation about this. It's all a matter of record and most of the people are still alive. Yes, Kildall went flying. He went to see an important partner, Bill Godbout, with his employee Tom Rolander. https://scobleizer.blog/2007/08/08/the-rest-of-the-story-behind-microsofts-os-deal-with-ibm/ https://scobleizer.blog/2007/08/08/the-rest-of-the-story-beh... Rolander talks about the flight here: https://youtu.be/Dx89THub510?si=Fco75Iq6Ap2GDfY3&t=1020 https://youtu.be/Dx89THub510?si=Fco75Iq6Ap2GDfY3&t=1020 (17min onwards.) Godbout died quite recently, and is missed in the classic and vintage computer world: he was a big figure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Godbout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Godbout

lproven 2y ago

It was true -- but he was flying to visit a client, and he was a programmer not a lawyer. His wife, Barbara McEwen, was the company lawyer and she did the negotiating. It was her job, not Gary's.