Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford

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Neither Ford nor Edison: The computer entrepreneur most comparable to Henry Ford is actually Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, who before the advent of the IBM PC, successfully mass marketed the personal computer to home users (remember that IBM originally targeted business users and did it after personal computers had already become popular).

Gates is not comparable to Edison either because he invented very little, whereas Edison was a prolific inventor all his adult life.; Posted by: John L. Ries Posted on: 06/26/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Deservedly so. He is a modern day Henry Ford Prognosticator | 06/25/08

The parallel is perfect frgough | 06/25/08

RE: Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford pdog | 06/25/08

Carnegie may be a better comparison willkoky | 06/25/08

Friends, Microsoft fans, country men.... Mike Cox | 06/25/08

8.9!!!! TtfnJohn | 06/27/08

Vomit mlindl | 06/25/08

Henry Ford broke the law GuidingLight | 06/25/08

Bite your tongue! Roger Ramjet | 06/25/08

Then here is a question GuidingLight | 06/25/08

Here we go again frgough | 06/25/08

many Apple products suck too markbn | 06/25/08

??? Windows Defender | 06/25/08

Eli Whitney invented the assembly line John L. Ries | 06/26/08

Yes, Bill Gates has had a remarkable career P. Douglas | 06/25/08

What did Gates do? BALTHOR | 06/25/08

So Much Jealousy and Ignorance! Papa_papa | 06/25/08

huh? AnnDroid1 | 06/28/08

Steve's Gonna Mess It ALL Up itanalyst2@... | 06/25/08

No comment. I might get deleted. Arm A. Geddon | 06/25/08

More like a modern day Blackbeard Ole Man | 06/25/08

Thanks for linking the page of YOUR biography markbn | 06/25/08

IMHO Gates Is a Modern Day Robber Baron... BanjoPaterson | 06/25/08

Like him or hate him.. supercharlie | 06/25/08

Like him or hate him.. BanjoPaterson | 06/25/08

At the end of the day... supercharlie | 06/26/08

Neither Ford nor Edison John L. Ries | 06/26/08

RE: Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford godanil162 | 06/27/08

Is the Henry Ford comparison more apt than we think? TtfnJohn | 06/27/08

RE: Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford AnnDroid1 | 06/28/08

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