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- June 14, 1993: Bill Gates On ...
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Jun. 14, 1993 The Pill That Changes Everything
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- CYBERTECH, Page 65
- Bill Gates On...</hdr>
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- <p>Bill Gates
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- <p> ...THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY: At Microsoft we have hundreds
- of people whose sole job it is to create the software that will
- make the info highway an idea worth having...The way in
- which you find and interact with information will change. It's
- not going to change tomorrow. It takes time figuring out these
- regulatory things, raising $200 billion [to build the electronic
- highway], making it easy to use, getting people's mind around
- it. But when that day comes, we will be a major player in delivering
- the software that makes it go.
- </p>
- <p> ...HIS COMPETITORS' WEAKNESSES: Lotus [maker of financial
- accounting software] lost ground because it was very late in
- catching the two biggest technology waves: the Macintosh...and Windows. Borland International [producer of database
- programs] is too distracted with its bad merger with Ashton-Tate.
- Philippe Kahn [Borland CEO] is good at playing the saxophone
- and sailing, but he's not good at making money. WordPerfect
- [developer of word-processing software] is truly a one-product
- company...Our most successful software is for the [Apple
- Computer] Macintosh. We have a much higher market share on
- the Mac than anywhere else. How does Apple help us? Well, they
- sue us in court...In the future, maybe our competitors will
- decide to become more competent.
- </p>
- <p> ...WHETHER MICROSOFT IS TOO POWERFUL AND RUTHLESS: Given
- the amount of mud people have thrown up on the wall to see if
- it sticks, I think it's pretty amazing that not a speck of dirt
- has ever stuck...There's no shortage of competition in the
- computer industry. You'll never have anybody in a very dominant
- position for very long because they have to prove themselves
- constantly. You can't just sit on a market position; the fact
- you have a 70%-to-80% share means nothing in the next round.
- </p>
- <p> ...THE MUCH BALLYHOOED MAY 27 MEETING WITH IBM CEO LOUIS
- GERSTNER JR.; A TRUCE WAS EXPECTED IN THEIR FEUD OVER SOFTWARE:
- It's the most overhyped meeting of all time.
- </p>
- <p> ...CHIPMAKER AND LONGTIME PARTNER INTEL: We do work with
- each other, but that doesn't stop Intel from lending money to
- Steve Jobs to help him put Next on their system. They want to
- make sure whoever's operating system is popular runs on their
- chips, and I want to make sure whatever chips are popular run
- my operating system. We're very pragmatic.
- </p>
- <p> ...NEW WINDOWS NT SOFTWARE: Windows NT really is a milestone
- in that we now have an operating system that is powerful enough
- to take advantage of the best of personal computers and workstations.
- But a lot of people sitting in their rec rooms and their kitchens
- probably don't need it.
- </p>
- <p> ...HIS FUTURE: I don't plan to do anything different for
- the next 10 years. I don't plan to retire to some deserted island.
- I wouldn't meet smart people; I wouldn't be challenged. I have
- the most interesting job in America.
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