[Sussex] NOW: So, who are the all-time greats? WAS Hello all

[John Crowhurst]

> On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 09:17, Geoff Teale wrote:
>> Before we start, I will post a challenge:
>>
>> I hereby challenge anyone on this list to name one thing Bill Gates
>> has done that has actually changed the world of computing rather than
>> the just the logo we see when we start a program.
>
> He created Microsoft Windows.
> If you did not dislike it so much would you ,or anyone, be using Linux
> indeed would Linux exist ?

He bought the company which created windows. He never actually wrote it.

I don't think he should be included on a list of people who wrote or put
their ideas into great things. If you had a list for people who founded
great monopolies, then put his name in that.

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John