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There was nothing that came before it. there was no personal computer industry. so when gates said to ibm, how about this, we'll write you an operating system for your pc, and we'll get a cut of every machine you sell. and in addition, he made sure that it was not an exclusive license. that he was going to be able to sell this software to ibm, but he was also going to be able to sell the same software to other people. because gates intuited that there were going to be people that would build knockoffs of ibm and the pc clones. >> it was a genius move by bill gates, who was still in his early 2...

About this, we'll write you're operating system for your pc, and we'll get a cut of every machine you sell, and in addition, he made sure it wasn't 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 you've got these guys at ibm in blue shirts and dark ties looking at this company microsoft and saying, who cares? software, who cares...

Operating system for your pc, and we'll get a cut of every machine you sell, and in addition, he made sure it wasn't 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 you've got these guys at ibm in blue shirts and dark ties looking at this company microsoft and saying, who cares? software, who cares about software. we build these...

We'll write you're operating system for your pc, and we'll get a cut of every machine you sell, and in addition, he made sure it wasn't 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 you've 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 did not ...

We'll write you're operating system for your pc, and we'll get a cut of every machine you sell, and in addition, he made sure it wasn't 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 you've 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 did not ...