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Bill Gates: How to accelerate history (Part 1)

Masters of Scale

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The Inflection Point in the History of Technology

The internet was a tidal wave that threatened to wipe out microsofs platform advantages. Bill had seen the writing on the wall as 16 bit computing overtook eight bit machines, but he misread the signs when it came to the internet. Microsoft tried to promote its own internet standards, but the inflection point had already passed. Open standards like h t, m l, h t, d p t c, p ip had caught on.

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