This is a great interview. In 1994 I learned Lotus 123 from my fluid mechanics professor. Shortly thereafter I was in the computer lab explaining a problem I was having to a lab assistant. He sighed and closed Lotus and opened Excel. I recall being frustrated because the graphing capability and printing function was very different. In retrospect Lotus was a tedious dinosaur. The sad ending to this story is that there aren't any real alternatives to MS products at this point and the government isn't about to force a break up. In fact it fully supports MS because it's the only system it provides to employees.
Hi Bill, great story. I think your last sentence is particularly correct. It seems like the fed gov supports this by virtue of its long term purchasing patterns. Thanks very much for your comments!
The poise and communication skills he had at such a young age is truly amazing. You wish you could go back in time to tell him about internet, internet search, mobile, cloud and now artificial intelligence. The dominance that Microsoft has maintained when almost every software company from 1980's has failed should how Microsoft has been able to stay viable.
I spent way to many hours learning and using "1-2-3" and "WordPerfect" to forget either one, I still have "muscle memory" for certain keystrokes in each. 😳It does come in handy when "playing around" with DosBOX! 😊
OS/2... Even Bill Gates had his reservations about it before my 1st birthday. I can only imagine how strongly he felt about his relationship with IBM vs. Windows and how much pull he had in the entire personal computing market way back then. I'm not hinting at the monopoly at this point but I can definitely feel how hesitant he was at pitching somebody else's product.
This isn't true. They knew how important the OS was but since they were so late to the PC market they contracted with Microsoft to supply the OS for their PC. The plan was to use Microsoft's OS until they could develop their own OS (called OS/2). Microsoft even started to help work on OS/2 but by then DOS/Windows had become the standard and the rest is history.
I have a friend like Bill ...my friend (can't reveal his name) used to design videos games ...sell them ...made him quite rich ...were both intellectuals ...our conversations are wide, broad, and deep 😅
A lot of people have strong feelings about Bill Gates, good or bad. Regardless of feelings, Bill Gates played an important role through Microsoft in the growth of the PC. Bill Gates had the advantage of having a vision for Microsoft, adaptability and knowing when to take advantage of an of opportunity. A lot of Microsoft’s success was a result of IBM’s (and others) lack of vision and the bad decision resulting from that.
I was about to write a similar comment until I came across yours. These individuals are so revolutionary that I think it's impossible not to have strong feelings about them, especially because their success often corresponds to the downfall of someone else. Bill Gates will undoubtedly go down in history as a revolutionary, but at the same time a very shrewd and opportunistic individual, and these are not just rumors, they are facts deduced not only from direct testimonies but also from the chronological reconstruction of events. The idea that few people know about the genius of a man like Gary Kildall, for example, bothers me quite a bit, as his death itself is a direct consequence of the ruthlessness of a competition in which only a shark as cynical as Bill Gates could come out on top.
I just don't understand the hate for Bill except for people who are jealous he has a lot of money. Software has been his passion since he was a kid and he naturally started a company doing something he loved. He never imagined becoming a billionaire doing it. He just worked hard and was in the right place and the right time. I don't know how you can hate someone who created a company that employs hundreds of thousands of people and produce products used by billions of people every day.
The question about the funding and owning intellectual property - so iconic, like soul selling :-) Intellectual access directly depends on the soul’s level. You can feed a person, pay all the expenses and above and still receive nothing in return. So, if you pay, you don’t own, you just support the implementation.
6 mins in and I can't watch anymore. IBM put ALL the research into the OS and Gates just stole it. Me and him nearly had a punch up in the early 1980's. (can't realy remember which year). It was over stolen software he claimed he wrote. He had big bodyguards and my friends dragged me away. Hated him ever since.
In the 1990's the reverse happened... OS2/Warp supported 16bit Windows app due to a loop hole in MS licensing... MS licensed the source to Windows to AT&T, AT&T was also working with IBM and due to the way the license was written it gave IBM all they needed to include Windows app support within OS/2. MS didn't make the same mistake with 32bit Windows. I used to write OS/2 printer drivers.. Great OS, shame it died.
Well, the interviewer may not be known, but he is very good.
Are u that anonymous interviewer?
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This is a great interview. In 1994 I learned Lotus 123 from my fluid mechanics professor. Shortly thereafter I was in the computer lab explaining a problem I was having to a lab assistant. He sighed and closed Lotus and opened Excel. I recall being frustrated because the graphing capability and printing function was very different. In retrospect Lotus was a tedious dinosaur. The sad ending to this story is that there aren't any real alternatives to MS products at this point and the government isn't about to force a break up. In fact it fully supports MS because it's the only system it provides to employees.
Hi Bill, great story. I think your last sentence is particularly correct. It seems like the fed gov supports this by virtue of its long term purchasing patterns. Thanks very much for your comments!
Product ibm 🕗 😊
It's interesting he's talking about working on OS/2 in this interview and talking about how it's the future for personal computers.
The poise and communication skills he had at such a young age is truly amazing. You wish you could go back in time to tell him about internet, internet search, mobile, cloud and now artificial intelligence. The dominance that Microsoft has maintained when almost every software company from 1980's has failed should how Microsoft has been able to stay viable.
Thank you Computer archives project and thank you youtube algo! Ive been binging early Microsoft videos and this is great!
Very glad you caught this one. Definitely Bill in one of his best talks. Thank you for the feedback! ~ CHAP
I had TOTALLY forgot about Lotus 1-2-3!
I spent way to many hours learning and using "1-2-3" and "WordPerfect" to forget either one, I still have "muscle memory" for certain keystrokes in each. 😳It does come in handy when "playing around" with DosBOX! 😊
What about Visicalc?
Young, wealthy and humble is rare to find.
OS/2... Even Bill Gates had his reservations about it before my 1st birthday. I can only imagine how strongly he felt about his relationship with IBM vs. Windows and how much pull he had in the entire personal computing market way back then. I'm not hinting at the monopoly at this point but I can definitely feel how hesitant he was at pitching somebody else's product.
IBM didn't think software would matter. They bet on hardware, which was common at that time.
This isn't true. They knew how important the OS was but since they were so late to the PC market they contracted with Microsoft to supply the OS for their PC. The plan was to use Microsoft's OS until they could develop their own OS (called OS/2). Microsoft even started to help work on OS/2 but by then DOS/Windows had become the standard and the rest is history.
I love his constant cheeky smiles. He's a clever bloke.
I enjoyed this interview 🤗
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Hi Danuta, glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the feedback too. ~ Charles
I have a friend like Bill ...my friend (can't reveal his name) used to design videos games ...sell them ...made him quite rich ...were both intellectuals ...our conversations are wide, broad, and deep 😅
A lot of people have strong feelings about Bill Gates, good or bad. Regardless of feelings, Bill Gates played an important role through Microsoft in the growth of the PC.
Bill Gates had the advantage of having a vision for Microsoft, adaptability and knowing when to take advantage of an of opportunity.
A lot of Microsoft’s success was a result of IBM’s (and others) lack of vision and the bad decision resulting from that.
I was about to write a similar comment until I came across yours. These individuals are so revolutionary that I think it's impossible not to have strong feelings about them, especially because their success often corresponds to the downfall of someone else. Bill Gates will undoubtedly go down in history as a revolutionary, but at the same time a very shrewd and opportunistic individual, and these are not just rumors, they are facts deduced not only from direct testimonies but also from the chronological reconstruction of events. The idea that few people know about the genius of a man like Gary Kildall, for example, bothers me quite a bit, as his death itself is a direct consequence of the ruthlessness of a competition in which only a shark as cynical as Bill Gates could come out on top.
I just don't understand the hate for Bill except for people who are jealous he has a lot of money. Software has been his passion since he was a kid and he naturally started a company doing something he loved. He never imagined becoming a billionaire doing it. He just worked hard and was in the right place and the right time. I don't know how you can hate someone who created a company that employs hundreds of thousands of people and produce products used by billions of people every day.
No way Excel will ever catchup to Lotus 123.....
I agree.... but what do I know.... : )
I born om March 13.
4:50 what would be he thinking at that moment?
👏genius
Great historical vid thx for preserving it🥸
Thank you very much. Glad you liked it.
The question about the funding and owning intellectual property - so iconic, like soul selling :-) Intellectual access directly depends on the soul’s level. You can feed a person, pay all the expenses and above and still receive nothing in return. So, if you pay, you don’t own, you just support the implementation.
So cute, in the moment, a window into the life & times....WINDOW get it
People be jealous
Perhaps a teeny bit....
10:31 "Apples are for idiots..." Well ONE thing hasn't changed in 34 years... 😜
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Who owns the rights to this footage? Where is this interview originally from?
Hi Lizzie, the interview was uploaded to Internet Archive, the date is 1987, unfortunately, that is all the info we could find.
@@ComputerHistoryArchivesProject Thank you!
His emotional and intellctual.honesty is out of the world..
Lol, he said Lotus and MS DOS.
I wonder what became of this man.
Apparently...$ $ $ $ and farmland
Why didn't my dad just buy 1 share in 86. I could live in luxury
haha long hair youth. like the singer of The Beatle
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He got the OS. Brilliant.
Is that tv or computer?? LOOKS accidentally😁😁💯
It's 3:33 ...important #'s to me personally 🕊
Thanks........ don't you just love his "smirky" laugh?
Nib he is here
1:43
6 mins in and I can't watch anymore. IBM put ALL the research into the OS and Gates just stole it. Me and him nearly had a punch up in the early 1980's. (can't realy remember which year). It was over stolen software he claimed he wrote. He had big bodyguards and my friends dragged me away. Hated him ever since.
Sounds believable
Sounds stupid
In the 1990's the reverse happened... OS2/Warp supported 16bit Windows app due to a loop hole in MS licensing... MS licensed the source to Windows to AT&T, AT&T was also working with IBM and due to the way the license was written it gave IBM all they needed to include Windows app support within OS/2. MS didn't make the same mistake with 32bit Windows.
I used to write OS/2 printer drivers.. Great OS, shame it died.
@@nicktucker4916 Ha ha, Cool.
Awesome but by his own admission later in life he drove himself and others too much. Guess that comes with great men like him, Jobs, and Musk.
Flip me lotus 123 ha ha ha ha