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Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old by shubhamjain on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @06:10AM (#16866087)
I have always wondered how significant was Paul Allen's contribution to Microsoft? He quit in 1982. I admit that was after the watershed deal with IBM, but Bill Gates lead the company to create Windows, Office, and Xbox; from 128 employees to 39,000+ [1]. Was he just lucky to be friend with a relentless business genius?

[1]: https://www.thocp.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company....

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Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old by davidwihl on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @06:49AM (#16866219)
Read "The Accidental Zillionaire" Allen was smart but not $20B smart as his track record in post-Microsoft shows.

https://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Zillionaire-Demystifying-P...

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Re:What Bill Gates was doing at 20 years old by betocmn on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @06:30AM (#16866157)
We will never know. Accordingly to Paul himself, he was the one with the grand vision. The title he chose for his book is hilariously confronting: "Idea Man".
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