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Re:The original source code of Microsoft GW-BASIC from 1983 by sradman on Friday May 22, 2020 @04:30AM (#23269845)
I think they were riding a wave as it was beginning to form; the microprocessor wave. It was very much part of a place in time but they made some exceptional choices given that context. I don’t think that their success was due to luck or popular appeal, it was due to vision and the ability to execute on that vision.

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