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RE: My 15 minutes with Bill Gates, and how the Web was born
I grew up in the computing business when hardware was all and software was just a way to make the hardware work. There were no real "software" companies. You couldn't even patent software because it was just considered an idea.

I made the bold statement to dozens of my close associates that someone would make software a business and the people in it rich. A year later an editor from EDN said he mentioned my statement to this guy he shared a podium with during the soup and salad course. The guy, Bill Gates said he agreed whole heartedly. And did it.

I do not give Mr. Gates the mantle of inventor of the software business, but he sure gets to wear the hat that says he commercialized it. And that has made all the difference in our software-connected world.
Posted by: TomMariner   Posted on: 06/30/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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BG Saw It Coming  winski | 06/30/08
Worst  Richard Flude | 06/30/08
Jobs will get his too  josh@... | 06/30/08
MS credited with the multimedia PC  Richard Flude | 06/30/08
your talkback is hilarious and inaccurate  josh@... | 07/01/08
Geez Josh  winski | 07/01/08
Proves my point  Richard Flude | 07/01/08
What MS created.  Brian G | 07/02/08
Yikes!  linux for me | 07/02/08
Folks Like You Are Apt to Snicker  josh@... | 06/30/08
He got 50 billion more things right  Pliny the Elder | 06/30/08
Yup, lying, cheating, stealing, anti-competitve practices,  fr0thy2 | 07/01/08
So back up your claims  winski | 06/30/08
re-read the post, please  josh@... | 07/01/08
Sorry (not)  winski | 07/01/08
And check out the heading  Richard Flude | 07/01/08
RE: My 15 minutes with Bill Gates, and how the Web was born  TomMariner | 06/30/08
Irony is Hard Sometimes  josh@... | 07/01/08
Absolutely not!  winski | 07/01/08
Agreed. In fact I remember some quote  fr0thy2 | 07/01/08
No Web without Multimedia PCS  josh@... | 07/01/08
Enough  Richard Flude | 07/01/08
RE: My 15 minutes with Bill Gates, and how the Web was born  Freebird54 | 07/01/08
RE: My 15 minutes with Bill Gates, and how the Web was born  GregY | 07/04/08

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