Thoughts on Bill Gates

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Good lawyering

One thing that is often forgotten
is the fact that, when Gates
purchased and licensed dos to
IBM, the contract was the "killer
app".

It required IBM to pay for DOS on
every machine whether they used
it or not, while allowing MS to
license DOS to anybody. Later
MS was able to require other
licensees to sign the same
contract.

That contract provided the cash
cow and effectively killed any
early competitors to MSDOS.

So a lot of Gates' money could be
attributed to a crafty lawyer
somewhere.

Posted by: j.m.galvin   Posted on: 06/27/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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