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No Web without Multimedia PCS
I think fr0thy2's and winski's points are well take insofar as Gates did not anticipate the Web as it is current construed, and probably did a lot to obstruct the parts of its success that directly threatened MSFT. But without a multimedia PC, none of this would have been possible. And without MSFT's support -- some would call it bullying -- to create a multimedia PC standard, the lack of a standard would have delayed the uptake of the Web.
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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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