> This once again makes it clear that Bill Gates, although incredibly smart and successful, was never a visionary. He became successful because he was a vision

> This once again makes it clear that Bill Gates, although incredibly smart and successful, was never a visionary. He became successful because he was a visionary. He saw in 1978 that the future was in software, not in hardware (Apple went the other way and ended up in a hole for two decades because of that mistake). Then he saw the future of licensing software and bootstrapped Microsoft based on it. Then he saw the importance of operating systems and built the company around it. Then he saw the importance personal computing with Word and Excel. You can say a lot of things about Bill Gates but saying he was not a visionary is absurd.