Microsoft is the result of a series of accidents and blunders.
1. Xerox gave away GUI technology to Apple because it saw no value in it.
2. IBM, figuring the money was in the hardware, let Microsoft control the software part.
3 DEC cancelled its project to port VMS to the X86, choosing instead to port it to the dead-end Alpha. Bill Gates hired away the DEC designers who turned their code into Windows NT.
Nerds will never get that lucky again.
> Nerds will never get that lucky again.
Yup. From here on in, it's all down to skill, talent, intelligence, creativity and a willingness to take risks. Something Jocks will never know...