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390 It is often said by Gates' detractors that he has never invented anything, and this is true in a sense, but you could say the same thing about Henry Ford. When the Model T appeared, in 1908, it was by no means the best car on the mad, but it worked well enough, and it was affordable and easy to produ
ther with it. It's ridiculous to consider how things will be remembered after you arc dead. The S.,\ pioneers of personal computers including Jobs, Kapor, Lampson, Roberts, Kaye, are:\ z ejv all great people but I don't think any of us will merit an entry in a history book. I don't remember being wou
ht. It is often said by Gates' detractors that he has never invented anything, and this is true in a sense, but you could say =the same thing about Henry Ford. When the Model T appeared, in 1908, it =was by no means the best car on the road, but it worked well enough, and it was affordable and easy to prod
together with it. It's ridiculous to consider how things will be remembered after you are dead. The pioneers of personal computers including Jobs, Kapor, Lampson, Roberts, Kaye, are all great people but = don't think any of us will merit an entry in a history book. I don't remember being wounded or
ht. It is often said by Gates' detractors that he has never invented anything, and this is true in a sense, but you could say =the same thing about Henry Ford. When the Model T appeared, in 1908, it =was by no means the best car on the road, but it worked well enough, and it was affordable and easy to prod
together with it. It's ridiculous to consider how things will be remembered after you are dead. The pioneers of personal computers including Jobs, Kapor, Lampson, Roberts, Kaye, are all great people but = don't think any of us will merit an entry in a history book. I don't remember being wounded or
his phenomenon in the 1890s: “Diminishing Returns”. As any line of business gets more competitive, the profits - or “returns” to investment - shrink. Henry Ford invents a car, he has no competition at first and fairly prints money. But Ford doesn’t enjoy his monopoly for long. Pretty soon the Dodge brothers f
the first successful computer spreadsheet program in 1983, software that permitted you to see and change your whole business one keystroke at a time. Kapor’s software helped move finance from quarter-by-quarter calculations to a really instant-by-instant sort of business - more or less the opposite of th
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