I worked with a guy at a place called Data Free that worked closely with Bill Gates and the guy(can't remember his name) who really started the OS.
He said the guy was real smart but timid and didn't try to push it, so old Bill took over and took all the credit. Yep he is living large and living a lie. In my heart, I know he will get his just rewards!
See replies #29 and #60. I recalled that Gates did something shifty way back at the beginning of his business career, but had forgotten the details and was too lazy to check up on them. Knitebane in #29 gives a good summation of the situation back then.
He's also the guy that Microsoft hired to port QDOS from the Zilog Z-80 to the IBM 8086.
Then he built Visual Basic.
He has a lot to answer for.
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