Happy Birthday - Microsoft is 40 today!

qubit · Apr 4, 2015

Whether today is a happy day or not depends on how you feel about Microsoft.

In the missive, which was tweeted by Amit Roy Choudhary, BillG said:

I believe computing will evolve faster in the next 10 years than it ever has before. We already live in a multi-platform world, and computing will become even more pervasive.

We are nearing the point where computers and robots will be able to see, move and interact naturally, unlocking many new applications and empowering people even more.

www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/04/microsoft_turns_40_bill_gates

Frick · Apr 4, 2015

And they've gotten lots of their stuff together lately.

64K · Apr 6, 2015

I have mixed feelings about MS. One thing is for certain though, MS made a few people rich. The guy to the left, Paul Allen, is worth 17.5 billion dollars. Steve Ballmer, CEO for about 15 years, is worth 21.5 billion dollars and Bill Gates is worth just under 80 billion dollars.

micropage7 · Apr 6, 2015

i dunno i have to laugh or cry
i just hope that their win 10 would be a nice OS

95Viper · Apr 6, 2015

Cry... not really.

Brings back a thought; that, I should have invested in them in 1986... instead of a local bank startup.

qubit · Apr 6, 2015

95Viper said:
Brings back a thought; that, I should have invested in them in 1986... instead of a local bank startup.

Oh yeah, the power of hindsight, tell me about it! :laugh:

I wish I'd invested in ARM when they were first spun off from Acorn in 1990. Now they're in almost every mobile device going and worth a mint. <sigh>

95Viper · Apr 6, 2015

qubit said:
Oh yeah, the power of hindsight, tell me about it!

I'll ring you when I finish my Time Portal.

64K · Apr 6, 2015

95Viper said:
Cry... not really.

Brings back a thought; that, I should have invested in them in 1986... instead of a local bank startup.

Yeah, if only we knew. If you had invested $10,000 in MS back in 1986 it would be worth around $3.5 million dollars in stock value and that's not even counting the yearly dividends. It would have seemed like a very risky gamble though at the time and I probably would have passed on it anyway.

MrGenius · Apr 6, 2015

I've been working with PCs since 1983, more or less. I started very young. So it's always fascinated me how MS came to dominate the OS industry. I've used the first MS-DOS, all the way up to the latest Windows 10. With a few exceptions to the entire list of their OSs that I haven't used at least minimally. Though I haven't loved them all, I've never really hated any of them(that I've used).

I'm still trying to absorb how I'm getting 10 for free. It's too good to be true in one sense. But somehow I still feel they "owe" it to me. Maybe not everybody, but me specifically. For being a lifelong user. Or something...

jgood · May 6, 2015

That pic in the OP is great. I actually wish I had a computer that looked that cool!

Nosada · May 6, 2015

Maybe someone can refresh my memory: I recall seeing a documentary made by a guy who was part of the original group working out of someone's garage. One day, turns out they don't have the cash in hand to pay everyone's wages and Bill (I think) offers to pay anyone interested in shares instead. This guy declined, a decision that cost him several billion dollars down the road. Did this actually happen?

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · May 6, 2015

Nosada said:
Maybe someone can refresh my memory: I recall seeing a documentary made by a guy who was part of the original group working out of someone's garage. One day, turns out they don't have the cash in hand to pay everyone's wages and Bill (I think) offers to pay anyone interested in shares instead. This guy declined, a decision that cost him several billion dollars down the road. Did this actually happen?

i saw it too....i shall try and find it. I cant remember the title but i am thinking you are talking Apple.

EDIT i think this is what you mean
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/131...uters-were-built-is-a-myth-says-steve-wozniak

that is the story and there is a vid as well
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2132457/

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