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To: Beave Meister
Bill Gates is a billionaire, who it is said, stole his entire wealth by stealing the source code to the Macintosh to create Windows.

From what I hear that's a bit harsh. Reportedly, there was a conversation between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs where Steve accused Microsoft of stealing the idea for Windows from Apple. As I read the story, Gates replied to the effect of, "Come on Steve. We both stole it from Xerox." (He was referring to the Xerox PARC project where the mouse and icons were developed.)

7 posted on 12/13/2020 5:57:35 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Had Gate$ stolen the Apple source code, WinDoze would have been much better off than with the stuff he created.


10 posted on 12/13/2020 6:01:31 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Gates replied to the effect of, "Come on Steve. We both stole it from Xerox."

Which is true.
33 posted on 12/13/2020 6:47:33 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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