Re:Fordlandia
by please_choose on Sunday March 11, 2018 @08:39PM
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"It means that no one would ever be able to start running a computer business. The requirement should not be running a business in the past, but having some experience with that type of business in the past. Bill Gates had tons of computer experience."
Thanks for helping me make my point.
Also, I didn't say "Bill Gates" and "Microsoft". You're right, Traf-O-Data was a "modest success". It reinforces my point.
Re:Fordlandia
by emodendroket on Sunday March 11, 2018 @09:35PM
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Right, who could forget the epoch-making work of Traf-O-Data.
Re:Fordlandia
by please_choose on Sunday March 11, 2018 @09:54PM
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Since when is success dependent on the amount of people in the world that know about it?
Yes he did.
>At age 17, Gates formed a venture with Allen, called Traf-O-Data, to make traffic counters based on the Intel 8008 processor.[1]
And the idea that someone needs to have run a computer business in the past in order to run a computer business in the future is illogical. It means that no one would ever be able to start running a computer business. The requirement should not be running a business in the past, but having some experience with that type of business in the past. Bill Gates had tons of computer experience.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates