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Bill Gates: Microsoft created PC industry | |
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| Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: the inquirer | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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WHILE THE STORY of burning cords on Xboxes is grabbing the headlines today, it's worth looking at an interview ABC News conducted with Microsoft CEO Bill Gates yesterday. The transcript of the internetview is here. Bill admits that Microsoft had to step up to the ockey on security - because people won't use their credit cards if they don't feel safe on their PCs. He also touches on Firefox, Google, Apple and free software, and says Microsoft wakes up every day thinking about DEC or Compaq or Wang. He admits that a few years ago, people were being tough on Microsoft and it deserved that bit of a thrashing. He didn't use the word thrashing. After all, says Gates, according to the transcript, "We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry". | ||
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.90) at 2/18/2005 12:51:20 PM |
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I'm not really sure what you mean since there already was a thriving software industry before the IBM-PC was born. It was small by today's standards of course, but it was there none the less. I remember walking into the local computer store and there was shrink-wrapped software on the shelves for your Apple ][, Commodore 64, Tandy, etc etc.
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| #2 By 61 (65.32.168.114) at 2/18/2005 5:29:33 PM |
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What Microsoft did, though, was create the software license.
Rather than just selling their software to IBM, they sold IBM a license to their software, so that Microsoft still retained ownership. This was a big step towards where we are today. |
| #3 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at 2/18/2005 9:22:16 PM |
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of course ms created the pc industry. it did not create the software industry. it did not create the computer industry.
the pc is synonymous with ms for a reason. this is no greater insight than saying that jeep was responsible for the suv. |
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