-=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

 AT> That's what I suspect about a lot of these people. I always thought
 AT> Bill Gates was the author of DOS and Windows, but I did a google search
 AT> of "who created DOS" and the answer was "Tim Patterson." Then I
 AT> searched "Who is the author of Windows 3.1?" and the answer was
 AT> "Microsoft."

 AT> I guess Bill Gates isn't the hacker I thought he was. His specialty is
 AT> in the taking credit department.

Bill Gates was never that technical.  Most of what he did was taken from others
- which was actually pretty normal at the time - and being a good businessman -
mostly by identifying opportunities and taking advantage of them.

But as far as creation: ya, he never really did much.


... I thought I was a wit, and I was half right.
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