Epstein Secrets

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

ation, as telegrams did. When William Orton, the president of Western Union, which was the Microsoft of its day, was offered the opportunity to buy Alexander Graham Bell's patent on the telephone for a hundred thousand dollars, he is said to have replied, "What use could this company make of an electric toy?" This rem

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

sation, as telegrams did. When William Orton, the president of Western Union, which was the Microsoft of its day, was offered the opportunity to buy Alexander Graham Bell's patent on the telephone for a hundred thousand dollars, he is said to have replied, "What use could this company make of an electric toy?" This rem

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

sation, as telegrams did. When William Orton, the president of Western Union, which was the Microsoft of its day, was offered the opportunity to buy Alexander Graham Bell's patent on the telephone for a hundred thousand dollars, he is said to have replied, "What use could this company make of an electric toy?" This rem