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Operating system for your pc, and well get a cut of every machine you sell, and in addition, he made sure it wasnt an exclusive license, that he was going to be able to sell the software to ibm, but he was also going to be able to sell the same software to other people, because gates intuited that there would be people that would build knockoffs of ibm in the pc clones. >> it was a genius move who was still in his early 20s. and youve got these guys at ibm in blue shirts and dark ties looking at...

Well write youre operating system for your pc, and well get a cut of every machine you sell, and in addition, he made sure it wasnt an exclusive license, that he was going to be able to sell the software to ibm, but he was also going to be able to sell the same software to other people, because gates intuited that there would be people build knockoffs of ibm in the pc clones. >> it was a genius move who was still in his 20s. and youve got these guys at ibm in blue shirts and dark ties looking at...

Things move very quickly in the industry. it was an urgency to get out there and be the first one to put a basic on the micro computer that cause the me to drop out. >> if you dont have one, you will be amazed what these little gadgets can do. >> the idea was that ordinary people might have a use for computers. now it took a while to figure out what those uses might be. >> the main thing was spreadsheets and word processing. the computer was the best typewriter you could ever have. it gave you a...

Well write youre operating system for your pc, and well get a cut of every machine you sell, and in addition, he made sure it wasnt an exclusive license, that he was going to be able to sell the software to ibm, but he was also going to be able to sell the same software to other people, because gates intuited that there would be people build knockoffs of ibm in the pc clones. >> it was a genius move who was still in his 20s. and youve got these guys at ibm in blue shirts and dark ties looking at...

Sell, and in addition, he made sure it wasnt an exclusive license, that he was going to be able to sell the software to ibm, but he was also going to be able to sell the same software to other people, because gates intuited that there would be people build knockoffs of ibm in the pc clones. >> it was a genius move who was still in his 20s. and youve got these guys at ibm in blue shirts and dark ties looking at this company microsoft and saying, who cares? software? we build big machines. >> ibm ...

Industry and it was an urgency to get out there and be the first one to put a basic on the micro computer that caused me to drop out. >> if you dont have one, you will be amazed what these little gadgets can do. >> the idea was that ordinary people might have a use for computers. now it took a while to figure out what those uses might be. >> the mane thing was spreadsheets and word processing. the computer was the best typewriter you could ever have. it gave you a new way to write. you could cha...

There and be the first one to put a basic on the micro computer that cause the me to drop out. >> if you dont have one, you will be amazed what these little gadgets can do. >> the idea was that ordinary people might have a use for computers. now it took a while to figure out what those uses might be. >> the main thing were spreadsheets and word processing. the computer was the best typewriter you could ever have. it gave you a new way to write. you could change things around and check your spell...

Computer revolution pass you buy? >> perhaps. it was an urgency to get out there and be the first one to put a basic on the micro computer that cause the me to drop out. >> if you dont have one, you will be amazed what these little gadgets can do. >> the idea was that ordinary people might have a use for computers. now it took a while to figure out what those uses might be. >> the mane thing was spreadsheets and word processing. the computer was the best typewriter you could ever have. it gave y...