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Re:The day Bill Gates called me rude — and other lessons in ... by derleth on Monday March 12, 2012 @05:59PM (#3695842)
> Back in the 1980’s when graphical user interfaces were new and shiny, Bill internalized many of the lessons that made those original GUIs work.

Out of curiosity, is this factually correct?

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Re:The day Bill Gates called me rude — and other lessons in ... by jnbiche on Monday March 12, 2012 @06:11PM (#3695908)
Which one, whether GUIs were shiny and new in the 1980s, or whether Bill internalized the lessons that made the GUIs work?

The former assertion is certainly true (I was there!), the latter is arguable, but even as an ardent Linux user, I'd have to say yes -- at least the engineering aspects (the more touchy-feely aspects, perhaps not... as discussed by the blog post).

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