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o their business, because no one would want a communications machine that did not leave a written record of the conversation, 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 telep
in a misguided effort to establish some sort of personal rapport with Gates. Also, like many other American corporate executives of his generation, Cannavino would spend a lot of time talking about his company's values. This \*, would drive Gates mad. "Every time you say 'thirteen,' I'll know that what tha
he spine of anyone reading them at the ease with which Gates eviscerated men much older and more experienced than he was. "I kept wanting to say to Cannavino, 'We need a shorthand because these meetings are taking too long,' " Gates says in "Big Blues." James Cannavino was an I.B.M. executive with whom G
their business, because =no one would want a communications machine that did not leave a written =record of the conversation, 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 telep
nnavino, 'We need a shorthand because =these meetings are taking too long,' " Gates says in "Big 12 EFTA_R1_01742735 EFTA02572930 Blues." lames =Cannavino was an I.B.M. executive with whom Gates negotiated about operating systems. Cannavino would begin meetings by making small talk =about, say, his new
he spine of anyone reading them at the ease with which Gates eviscerated men much older and more experienced than he was. "I kept wanting to say to Cannavino, 'We need a shorthand because =these meetings are taking too long,' " Gates says in "Big 12 EFTA_R1_01742735 EFTA02572930 Blues." lames =Cannavi
their business, because =no one would want a communications machine that did not leave a written =record of the conversation, 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 telep
nnavino, 'We need a shorthand because =these meetings are taking too long,' " Gates says in "Big 12 EFTA_R1_01950904 EFTA02673579 Blues." lames =Cannavino was an I.B.M. executive with whom Gates negotiated about operating systems. Cannavino would begin meetings by making small talk =about, say, his new
he spine of anyone reading them at the ease with which Gates eviscerated men much older and more experienced than he was. "I kept wanting to say to Cannavino, 'We need a shorthand because =these meetings are taking too long,' " Gates says in "Big 12 EFTA_R1_01950904 EFTA02673579 Blues." lames =Cannavi
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