Microsoft: Buy rather than create.
Bill had ONE good idea about 15 years ago...Windows.
Hah! He stole that one too (from Apple, who got it from Xerox).
Bill had ONE good idea about 15 years ago...Windows.
And your point is....?
I guess you're going to stop shopping at your favorite Department Store because they "buy rather than create" their products.
While not perfect, Microsoft has been a leader in bringing powerful office automation tools and OS options to the typical users desktop. I don't hold Microsoft blameless for all of the problems surrounding them, but I recognize the value of what they've added to computing.
So, Bill Gates is not a super-programmer and he's more about marketing, packaging, bundling, and vision than he is about the rest of it all. He's a far cry more successful than you will ever be at what he does. Isn't capitalism great?
wrong IMHO - his one good idea was EULA
That one wasn't even his. They bought it, just like everything else they sell. On one hand, since MS did not develop these programs themselves, they should be pretty good to start with, until MS boogers them up a year or two down the road. I have decided to use only one MS program: Windows XP. I bought MS Money 2005 back in Nov. What a dog! I'm not so upset about the $49, it's the hours of my life trying to make it work that I want back! I still use Outlook until another email client that is PPC compatible comes out, but that's it. The less MS you use, the fewer problems you will have.
The sad part is, it wasn't even Bill's idea. He stole it from the creators of the Macintosh.