Bill Gates largely made his fortune by creating an operating system that OEM's would want to ship with their computer. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but Windows 3.1 and 95 were absolutely made for and to attract money.
Re:Paper is the real 'killer app'
by agumonkey on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:03PM
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Yeah it wasn't altruism, I meant commercial interests forces good but old to be replaced by new for the sake of new; you have to have something to pitch to the customers.
This is pure nostalgia. Bill Gates has always been about the money from day one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists
Bill Gates largely made his fortune by creating an operating system that OEM's would want to ship with their computer. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but Windows 3.1 and 95 were absolutely made for and to attract money.