Bill Gates minnesord om Paul Allen
Microsoft hade inte funnits utan honom
Härom dagen gick Microsofts grundare Paul Allen bort i cancer och nu har Microsofts andre grundare Bill Gates publicerat en minneskrönika för att hylla sin gamle vapendragare.Gates och Allen lärde känna varandra när de gick i sjunde respektive nionde klass och det som förde dem samman var bland annat deras stora intresse för datorer. Gates skriver bland annat att Microsoft inte hade funnits om det inte var för Allen:
"In fact, Microsoft would never have happened without Paul. In December 1974, he and I were both living in the Boston area—he was working, and I was going to college. One day he came and got me, insisting that I rush over to a nearby newsstand with him. When we arrived, he showed me the cover of the January issue of Popular Electronics. It featured a new computer called the Altair 8800, which ran on a powerful new chip. Paul looked at me and said: “This is happening without us!” That moment marked the end of my college career and the beginning of our new company, Microsoft. It happened because of Paul."
Allen blev 65 år gammal och med tillgångar på över 20 miljarder dollar var han den 44:e rikaste personen i världen enligt affärstidningen Forbes.
"In fact, Microsoft would never have happened without Paul. In December 1974, he and I were both living in the Boston area—he was working, and I was going to college. One day he came and got me, insisting that I rush over to a nearby newsstand with him. When we arrived, he showed me the cover of the January issue of Popular Electronics. It featured a new computer called the Altair 8800, which ran on a powerful new chip. Paul looked at me and said: “This is happening without us!” That moment marked the end of my college career and the beginning of our new company, Microsoft. It happened because of Paul."
Allen blev 65 år gammal och med tillgångar på över 20 miljarder dollar var han den 44:e rikaste personen i världen enligt affärstidningen Forbes.
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