3
Shared Docs
3
Same-Page
3 / 3
Mentions
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
n the world. Two books about the fall of I.B.M. and Gates' role in it have recently appeared--"Big Blues," by Paul Carroll, and "Computer Wars," by Charles H. Ferguson and Charles R. Morris--and an occasional chill runs up the spine of anyone reading them at the ease with which Gates eviscerated men much older and
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
the =world. Two books about the fall of I.B.M. and Gates' role in it have recently appeared--"Big Blues," by Paul Carroll, and "Computer Wars," by Charles H. Ferguson and Charles R. Morris--and an occasional chill runs up the spine of anyone reading them at the ease with which Gates eviscerated men much older and
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
the =world. Two books about the fall of I.B.M. and Gates' role in it have recently appeared--"Big Blues," by Paul Carroll, and "Computer Wars," by Charles H. Ferguson and Charles R. Morris--and an occasional chill runs up the spine of anyone reading them at the ease with which Gates eviscerated men much older and
Entities connected to both Alexander Graham Bell's and Charles H. Ferguson
Paul Carroll
PERSON
Marc Rich
PERSON
Nathan Myhrvold
PERSON
Prince Charles
PERSON
Woody Allen
PERSON
Barry Diller
PERSON
Warren Buffett
PERSON
Samantha Power
PERSON
Cambridge University
ORGANIZATION
Sarah Ferguson
PERSON
Seattle
LOCATION
Robert Gates
PERSON
Redmond
PERSON
Western Union
ORGANIZATION
Jerry
PERSON
Michael Eisner
PERSON
Bill Gates
PERSON
Tanzania
LOCATIONInteractive TV
ORGANIZATIONLampson, Roberts
ORGANIZATION