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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by david927 on Thursday January 10, 2019 @07:18AM (#18873313)
genius principle engineer

He was never considered an especially talented developer. He bought the OS that was used for the IBM PC.

Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by chuck- on Thursday January 10, 2019 @07:55AM (#18873478)
I was referring more to potential, as opposed to what he actually did in software development. Per stories from Harvard, he had some mathematical talent. With talent like that he could have essentially pursued whatever intellectual pursuit he wanted and have obtained results in it. Whether that be software development, mathematics, running a business etc. My point is there are others out there like him, we likely won’t know about them because they aren’t from such affluent families.