One of my favourite stories. Especially the end: "We wanted to release a Windows version as part of Windows 98, but sadly, Microsoft has effective building security."

Excellent story, though I must admit I have read it before. I always wonder will history judge us the same way we judge them? Will the entrepreneurial spirit that is pervasive in hacker circles today be a positive or negative blip in the history of technology, economy, etc? I certainly believe that it is for the better. Though not all startups may end well, the advances in ideas, and the experience gained by the individuals involved as well as the spectating world, should prove to be a positive note in our history. And now back to work ;)

Just curious if there is anyone else on news.YC that had their first programming experiences with their first graphing calculator? I started with my TI-83 and z80 Assembly in 6th grade learning at ticalc.org.

I started programming on an HP-65 in the 70's. That was before graphing calculators, though.

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