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Bill Gates has about as much to do with Windows 8 as William E. Boeing has to do with the 787.

• soperj 13y ago
  You can say that about all of Microsoft's operating systems.
  • jimmaswell 13y ago
    Didn't he have some contribution to MS DOS?
    • joezydeco 13y ago
      Other than writing the check?
      • enraged_camel 13y ago
        In some circles, that's the most important contribution. ;)
    • nols 13y ago
      He and Paul Allen wrote Altair BASIC, a BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800. I believe they just bought MSDOS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_BASIC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_BASIC