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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
llen said. "It's going to happen! I told you this was going to happen! And we're going to miss it!" They called Ed Roberts, the man who created the Altair, and told him that they had written a version of a programming language called basic for his computer. That wasn't true. It was an early use of a n
ir owners began to do the same thing with Micro-sort's basic. Then, in February of 1976, Gates published "An Open `Z.:. Letter to Hobbyists" in the Altair newsletter, and the letter now stands as a sort of Magna •;; Carta of the software industry--the underpinning of the intellectual--property structur
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
llen said. "It's going to happen! I told you this was going to happen! And we're going to miss it!" They called Ed Roberts, the man who created the Altair, and told him that they had written a version of a programming language called basic for his computer. That wasn't true. It was an early use of a no
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
llen said. "It's going to happen! I told you this was going to happen! And we're going to miss it!" They called Ed Roberts, the man who created the Altair, and told him that they had written a version of a programming language called basic for his computer. That wasn't true. It was an early use of a no
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