Microsoft’s Military Empire, Explained

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  • @davidbrucesanchez4342
    @davidbrucesanchez4342 Рік тому +1813

    "Bill knew more about software development than any one else at the time." Then proceeds to tell that Microsoft bought MS DOS from other company. Bill is genius but he is not the most intelligent person, he just happened to be a son of respected Mary Gates who happens to be connected to IBM's CEO John Opel.

    • @1MinuteFlipDoc
      @1MinuteFlipDoc Рік тому +168

      yup, inside connections. Thanks Mom!! :)

    • @The88Cheat
      @The88Cheat Рік тому +219

      "Then proceeds to tell that Microsoft bought MS DOS from other company." But that's not what he said. 3:16 He said that he (Gates) bought and existing OS and modified into what would become MS DOS. Also, he bought that OS to build upon as a time saving measure, not because he wasn't capable of doing it himself. I'm not some Bill Gates fanboy, but I think you're discrediting unfairly. At least in regards to this particular event.

    • @globaladdict
      @globaladdict Рік тому +40

      @@1MinuteFlipDoc Make sure to thank a mom for her service today

    • @Kaboomnz
      @Kaboomnz Рік тому +66

      @@The88Cheat I don't recall him saying he modified the DOS code he bought, I don't know why he would say that since he didn't change any of the code.
      Tim Patterson wrote the first version of the program to work like the CP/M operating system but run on Intel 8086 processors, which the IBM PC used. Gates paid $75,000 for the code and then struck a licensing deal with IBM, which needed an operating system. He simply called it MS DOS. Bill basically invented drop-shipping.
      Tim ended up working at Microsoft as part of the MS-DOS development team and later worked on MS Visual Basic.
      No Tims were harmed in the writing of this post.

    • @pectenmaximus231
      @pectenmaximus231 Рік тому +83

      Except he also was writing computer programs from 13 y/o, had his first software company at 17, had 1590/1600 on the SAT and graduate MCL from Harvard. But yeah, “not the most intelligent person”.

  • @whcolours9995
    @whcolours9995 Рік тому +840

    More CEOs should dress up as military officers; that thumbnail went raw.

    • @elijahlivingston9477
      @elijahlivingston9477 Рік тому +68

      Military officers suggests they are hold accountable. Warlords seems to be a more accurate term

    • @nikhileditz-25
      @nikhileditz-25 Рік тому +5

      Agreed

    • @DominicNweze
      @DominicNweze Рік тому +14

      ​@@elijahlivingston9477 dictator you mean.

    • @boukm3n
      @boukm3n Рік тому

      Yeah, his Epstein army right? Because that’s what he truly believes in. A warrior for all the chomos out there. Somebody get Chris Hanson

    • @definitelynosebreather
      @definitelynosebreather Рік тому +31

      Imagine Steve Jobs announcing the iPhone with a military outfit. That would be nuts 😂

  • @anaestereo810
    @anaestereo810 Рік тому +1139

    Conclusion: as long as the US military exists, so would Microsoft .

    • @theoldgods8229
      @theoldgods8229 Рік тому +110

      As long as businesses exists, so would Microsoft. Office products are everywhere on the enterprise level, Teams pretty much made Zoom obsolete

    • @outofhisboots
      @outofhisboots Рік тому

      Pltr

    • @facutti4213
      @facutti4213 Рік тому

      Yes, its not a company its a deep state ownership from origin.

    • @brandonburns5365
      @brandonburns5365 Рік тому +6

      ​@@theoldgods8229 false 😂

    • @borghorsa1902
      @borghorsa1902 Рік тому

      Video payed by Russians

  • @curiousalchemist
    @curiousalchemist Рік тому +305

    Really cool to see how this channel has changed over the past few years! From Vlogs to high quality + informative documentaries... Cheers John!

    • @alivape
      @alivape Рік тому

      sorry to break you bubble but this isn't informative. It's very biased actually. Bill Gates got to where he got because of nepotism. And he fucked over the original creator of DOS.

    • @tristanoization
      @tristanoization Рік тому +1

      I agree and expect a huge amount of new sub's watching a lot of this new content over the next few year's and beyond . not even blew up yet but its coming

    • @bruce0750
      @bruce0750 Рік тому +1

      well.....money.

    • @ujugamestudio
      @ujugamestudio Рік тому +1

      Yes, if you're a tech lover, in the world, you may know him. He is important to keep tech lovers informated

    • @contentdeleted4978
      @contentdeleted4978 Рік тому

      We have turned into the infants of war because of corruption, devision, education. Yeah sure we might have alot of weapons but u need an entire army to win a war. America isnt a war country. Russia is. China is. North korea is. We would rather make tik toks . That tv invention was the last rusty nail in america coffin after the world wars. Lazy consumers that took life easy and did drugs. Such a strong nation

  • @first-thoughtgiver-of-will2456
    @first-thoughtgiver-of-will2456 Рік тому +751

    I think people would be surprised how much of what they think the intelligence and military community is exists in the private sector.

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB Рік тому +5

      Lies again? Special Forces Acura Mecca

    • @zinjanthropus322
      @zinjanthropus322 Рік тому +54

      That's America's superpower, the ability to mobilize the private sector to support the military. Other nations struggle with this.

    • @zinjanthropus322
      @zinjanthropus322 Рік тому +17

      @pa3465 In exchange the US got arguably smarter companies in the form of Palantir and Anduril.

    • @bobfrank7339
      @bobfrank7339 Рік тому +29

      Basically every conflict in the middle east south America was funded by and for the protection of large corporations. It's not like those wars made any of our lives easier

    • @2HN.
      @2HN. Рік тому +17

      Since the inception of Dutch East India Company, nations lost their control over the army 🪖

  • @dogme666
    @dogme666 Рік тому +124

    in 2002 i was in tanks , we where looking at a new top of the line tank that just came in and it ran windows NT , i was mindblown , i didnt actually think microsoft where patching windows to be military i thought it was the tank developer

    • @DominicNweze
      @DominicNweze Рік тому

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @globaladdict
      @globaladdict Рік тому +32

      did you tell Microsoft tanks for the software?

    • @dogme666
      @dogme666 Рік тому +1

      @@globaladdict 🤣

    • @Microphunktv-jb3kj
      @Microphunktv-jb3kj Рік тому +17

      the fact that US military uses windows as their OS platform made me laugh in cramps...
      US BSOD Force ... good luck with realiability ;DDDD

    • @bobfrank7339
      @bobfrank7339 Рік тому +6

      I will never understand war fetishes yk people die right scores of them for reasons other than their head of command said so

  • @Redsand481
    @Redsand481 Рік тому +291

    Missed a couple details on Bill Gate's introduction to IBM, his mom connected him with the CEO through her business relationships, and he was not the foremost expert on software development, he was and is an expert on contracts and using the patent system to his advantage.

    • @nothinleader
      @nothinleader 8 місяців тому +4

      How the hell was he an expert on that stuff at such a young age

    • @arthurwintersight7868
      @arthurwintersight7868 8 місяців тому

      @@nothinleader - Responsible upper class parents that actually teach the business to their children, instead of some bullshit "let kids be kids" philosophy that denies them the ability to leverage the family's knowledge and resources to climb ahead in life? A lot of people are completely lost when they turn 18 because their parents never taught them about adult life or any kind of career-related knowledge. Bill Gates WAS taught that career-related knowledge, and made excellent use of it.

    • @Maadhawk
      @Maadhawk 8 місяців тому +16

      @@nothinleader A vast majority of major breakthroughs, innovations, and advancements, in history, came from relatively young men. They then spend the rest of their lives building upon that. Sure, an older guy, overseeing the young bucks doing the work, might get the glory, but the actual work and innovation generally comes from the youth who don't know "that thing can't be done".

    • @aldarrin
      @aldarrin 8 місяців тому +3

      Also, IBM was in a legal war w/ the DOJ so MS got a much better deal from them than otherwise would've been possible (i.e. IBM would've never licensed DOS let alone let MS sell it to competitors).

    • @HullioGQ
      @HullioGQ 8 місяців тому +2

      Give credit where credit is due. Sometimes the best of the best are not known because they fail to rise up for many reasons. Bill Gates was and has always been a software genius even in middle school.

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    @TheKarina-ns1ob Рік тому +8

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      @ShirleyRoss517 Рік тому

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      @rashidjp7882 Рік тому

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  • @69-Bot
    @69-Bot Рік тому +89

    The us military can use more advanced controllers, and do for drones such as a reaper, but for smaller more conventional drones they found that soldiers are more comfortable using Xbox and ps3 controllers and find it easier to remember “combos” rather than a vast array of controls. According to a vender at a Association of the United Stares Army event.

    • @notsojharedtroll23
      @notsojharedtroll23 Рік тому +12

      Confirmed, soldiers are gamers

    • @JohnGeorgeBauerBuis
      @JohnGeorgeBauerBuis 11 місяців тому +6

      @@notsojharedtroll23I have heard that many soldiers like gaming during downtime.

    • @christopher480
      @christopher480 8 місяців тому

      @@notsojharedtroll23 thats not what he said......he said the controller is easier for them to understand.......which begs the question.....should ppl that are not smart enough to learn a different way to control something, should they really be in control of a multi-million dollar weapon?

    • @SabbaticusRex
      @SabbaticusRex 8 місяців тому +10

      X-Box put billions of dollars into making that controller feel and function near perfectly -- so why would you spend billions to make your own copy of what is already available ...? Because of the association with gaming ...? Silly .

    • @tw8464
      @tw8464 8 місяців тому +1

      Yeah they're already accustomed to the Xbox controllers so it makes sense

  • @TEHSTONEDPUMPKIN
    @TEHSTONEDPUMPKIN Рік тому +31

    5:17 The USS Yorktown in this instances was not an Aircraft carrier, it was a Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser. CG-48, which was taken out of service in 2004 and is currently being dismantled for scarp. The two Carrier Yorktown's haven't been in service since 1942 when USS Yorktown CV-5 was sunk after the Battle of Midway, 1970 when USS Yorktown CV-10 was decommissioned.

    • @mxcherryblue5943
      @mxcherryblue5943 Рік тому +3

      Thanks, was searching for WTF I was seeing at the moment

  • @alanmayfield5476
    @alanmayfield5476 Рік тому +83

    In 1981 I was working with GM Defense Products for the program office supporting engineers doing R&D for what was to become the Stryker light armoured vehicle shown several times in your video. According to IBM, I purchased the first PC/IBM 5150 built with Microsoft operating system through a bulk corporate buy I set up. I audited IBM’s in-service file for warranty purposes and we got about the first 40 before another purchaser got one and they became a hot item.

  • @itisWhatitis12345
    @itisWhatitis12345 Рік тому +16

    Having lawyers as parents growing up really pays off in business later.

  • @TWVlogs1
    @TWVlogs1 Рік тому +46

    Dude this editing is another level 🔥🔥🔥

    • @muthaks
      @muthaks Рік тому

      Lol, what about the content

    • @aceofswords1725
      @aceofswords1725 8 місяців тому

      It's over-edited. I escaped traditional TV because i can't stand the hyperactive, over-produced, over-edited ADHD spasmo programming.

  • @misterlianghui
    @misterlianghui Рік тому +63

    The fact that we get free videos from John on UA-cam is priceless. keeping the education and knowledge alive. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @Redmanticore
    @Redmanticore Рік тому +16

    4:39 - 4:59 they could have developed similar point and click environment for their linux system if they wanted. but that graphical GUI was always more heavy for resources. i think windows 11 now requires something like 8 gigabit of ram to work smoothly. and they could have custom-built their linux rock solid, in-house, never crashing. army could have owned their own licensing.
    don't want to be a hostage to one company, you know...

    • @System0Error0Message
      @System0Error0Message 8 місяців тому +3

      thats not the reason. its the case of privatisation vs gov effort. gov expects better performance from the private sector and at the time there werent many in that sector who could supply the government with their requirements. Sure linux was around but someone would have to develop not only the GUI but the interface to many of their systems and keep it a secret, so they would have to break open source licenses in the process. This means that they have to privately handle updates to the OS instead of just updating the OS whenever there was a new release. In comparison windows NT wasnt just used for warships but other CPU architectures and was the precursor to the modern windows desktop and server OS we use today. You will find a windows NT 4 for sparc which is one of the systems used in the defence industry as sun not only developed sun solaris but hardware that dealt with number crunching stuff and had GPUs that rivalled the best of consumer AGP slot GPUs.
      I have one of the old sun sparcs used in oil and gas, some of the components are modular in trays like the CPU and PSU. They were into ease of maintenance before it became a cool feature in desktop consumer cases too. Sun based their OS on unix and the longetivity of a company is important. IBM would only develop for their hardware and were a vendor who enjoyed locking others in. Sun didnt stick around long enough, granted their hardware was used in a lot of places and software too and had impressive server hardware that no x86 based manufacturer around ever made. 8 slot multi hundred core servers were around using sparc from sun long before today with hardware encryption part of the CPU long before AES went into intel/AMD. I remember drooling over sun servers long ago, with their $100k price tag. todays 96 corex2 multi hundred MB cache AMD servers cost $20k at least. not only that but sparc could handle up to 8 threads while intel/AMD SMT can only handle 2 threads.

  • @akultisgod5538
    @akultisgod5538 Рік тому +6

    so how did he become in charge of what i inject into my family's body?

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 8 місяців тому

      As with Microsoft, the Rockefellers gave him that position.

  • @simononline
    @simononline Рік тому +13

    I guess it goes without saying that the "Windows for Warships" edition includes the Minesweeper game. Got to keep the navy personnel sharp and on their toes 🙂

  • @csukosd
    @csukosd Рік тому +2

    If you think gates is a "laid back philanthropist" you got another thing coming.

  • @thefocuschic3234
    @thefocuschic3234 Рік тому +46

    I wonder that would be the impact of recent aquicisions (IA) in this military enterprise.
    Awesome work John, as usual.

  • @mrwhats6043
    @mrwhats6043 Рік тому +2

    The thubnail is pretty accurate his literal name is William Henry Gates III

  • @bruce-le-smith
    @bruce-le-smith Рік тому +14

    the Altair reminds me of the clockworks that Look Mum No Computer puts together. i actually respect Bill Gates' hustle, pretty relentless p.s. like the soldiers i agree ms is easy to make fun of, but like an old car you can usually bang it with a wrench and get a result from it if you just try the same flawed procedure a second time

  • @arsenlinn7011
    @arsenlinn7011 Рік тому +15

    Billy's mom was on the board of IBM. She pushed the IBM board to take ms-dos, which in itself was not a microsoft product.
    Crook upon crook...

    • @OmarScarborough-b6u
      @OmarScarborough-b6u Місяць тому +1

      She was on the board of United Way with the CEO of IBM.

  • @Karyabs
    @Karyabs Рік тому +40

    Calling Bill Gates a philanthropist is like calling Dracula a blood donor.

    • @cunning-stunt
      @cunning-stunt 8 місяців тому +3

      Not only that he called the megalomaniac a "laid back philanthropist"!

    • @the_unassuming_foxxo610
      @the_unassuming_foxxo610 4 місяці тому

      He's no philanthropist, he's just returning stolen money way back when he suppressed competition and charged a premium for his products... It's sad that people in India appreciate him without knowing his backstory

  • @JTSunriseMusic
    @JTSunriseMusic Рік тому +22

    Bill was at least the smartest guy in the room at one point. Most CEOs can’t do any of the jobs in their companies but anyone could likely do theirs

  • @tengkualiff
    @tengkualiff Рік тому +60

    If there's money to be made, it's fair play for every business.

    • @AlexanderTheGoodEnough
      @AlexanderTheGoodEnough Рік тому +11

      Until you get enough lobbying power or direct influence to always get those sweet government contracts. Then the game starts being rigged.

    • @scroopynooperz9051
      @scroopynooperz9051 Рік тому +4

      "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good" 😂

    • @AlexanderTheGoodEnough
      @AlexanderTheGoodEnough Рік тому

      @@scroopynooperz9051 a Gordon Gekko quote! Love it.

    • @wayando
      @wayando Рік тому +1

      In developed countries the game is almost always rigged ... Big businesses kill or buy ALL successful small businesses.
      In the end we will have just a handful of really really gigantic businesses.

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      @cortneyeverett6927 Рік тому

      Repent Israelites all praise to the most high YAHAWAH AND HIS SON YAHAWASHI🛸🤴🏽🦁
      The so called black man, Latino, and Native Americans are the Israelites. Yahawah chosen people.
      Deuteronomy 7:6 “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.”
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  • @Pike737
    @Pike737 Рік тому +4

    Bill gates couldn't predict smartphone market and failed miserably

  • @Unterwelten
    @Unterwelten Рік тому +6

    Taxpayer money - burn it all!!

  • @smotch7533
    @smotch7533 Рік тому +16

    why does every video involving Microsoft need to include the whole history of the company...

  • @elmariachi2979
    @elmariachi2979 Рік тому +9

    Hi Great Video, but i noticed a small mistake. You mentioned the USS Yorktown was an Aircraft Carrier. When infact the Yorktown in question (Yorktown CG-48) was a cruiser. I really dont blame you bc there are 4 Yorktowns and one was a carrier but i just wanted to put this right. Keep up the good work love your videos :)

  • @tigergaminggr8079
    @tigergaminggr8079 Рік тому +3

    Imagine if some rich guy from Saudi Arabia or China bought Microsoft

  • @DanielSeacrest
    @DanielSeacrest Рік тому +12

    Well, the new Bing is definitely at the forefront of a new technological wave, and this time, google is lagging behind.

    • @notapplicable4567
      @notapplicable4567 Рік тому +1

      Lol what? Ive never heard anyone say "ill bing it" daniel

    • @DanielSeacrest
      @DanielSeacrest Рік тому

      @@notapplicable4567 The new Bing isn't even out publicly though (unless im wrong and it is lol), so no one has a reason to get it. I personally have switched from Brave (well duckduckgo on brave) to (the developer version of) Bing, and I actually like the look of it, and the new Bing chat can actually be pretty useful. However I do not think we will ever go from "I'll Google it" to "Ill Bing It", I'm pretty sure Google has been immortalised in that regard.

    • @razzy1
      @razzy1 Рік тому +1

      @@notapplicable4567 bing chat

    • @pectenmaximus231
      @pectenmaximus231 Рік тому +3

      @@notapplicable4567 Bing has GPT

  • @mikuso-iw6gj
    @mikuso-iw6gj Рік тому +2

    I saw in some video about Russian military in Ukraine, they use Microsoft windows in their Panasonic laptop and use Logitech stick to control their drone

  • @tlrkendl
    @tlrkendl Рік тому +5

    Don't forget that Bill's mom was on IBM's board of directors when they bought MS DOS. No nepotism at all 😉

  • @terraawetei6077
    @terraawetei6077 Рік тому +5

    Gaming now is military training.

    • @deniseproxima2601
      @deniseproxima2601 Рік тому

      They destroyed the gaming fun, the movies and streaming. A political tool.

  • @gimpTHEmaster
    @gimpTHEmaster Рік тому +3

    holy shit open AI is a DoD project now.

  • @tyrel7185
    @tyrel7185 Рік тому +16

    As of 2023 Microsoft has the contract for electronic security for Ukraine. They are also prepping to launch digital ID’s and digital currencies there aka social credit system.

    • @MSF818Productions
      @MSF818Productions Рік тому

      Keep spreading the truth! They all need to show for they're misdeeds towards all of man everywhere.

    • @SkylineFinesse
      @SkylineFinesse Рік тому

      @@MSF818Productions gov of canada website has a section for social credit. If they don’t censor my comments… u should search it up

  • @Shawnsrumi
    @Shawnsrumi Рік тому +3

    Going to gloss over how bill gates mom helped with that IBM contract. bill didn’t even have an operating system when he won the contract….how did he get the contract without a product. The rich help the rich.

  • @TimothyHalleran
    @TimothyHalleran Рік тому +42

    John never fails to create content that's educating and exciting. Keep up the amazing work!

    • @Severe_CDO_Sufferer
      @Severe_CDO_Sufferer 8 місяців тому

      and don't forget to include...
      a dismal failure, utterly lacking, and extremely cringe worthy too.
      He left out anything one might consider important today, and was sure to include almost everything that was not.
      ----------------
      Dude, for a second there, I thought you were about to propose.
      ---------------
      If all this sounds mean to you, then find my other comments and you'll know exactly why.
      (sort comments by date, with the newest being first, then start scrolling)
      if you still stand by your assessment of this video after reading all that, (the comments left by me) I will withdraw this "mean" comment, issue an apology. (and I'll even eat my hat)

  • @DieCor
    @DieCor Рік тому +15

    Bill Gates was not the most knowledgeable person in software at that time. Gary Kildall and his company Digital Research were the foundation in personal computers. When IBM approached Bill, he told the to speak to Kildall. Bad timing and circumstance is why eventually Gates stepped up to IBM.

  • @emilresmann
    @emilresmann Рік тому +8

    I love my Linux. Have been on Ubuntu since 2016, and I most definitely ain't going back to Windows!

  • @icreatedanaccountforthis1852
    @icreatedanaccountforthis1852 8 місяців тому +3

    This surprises me 0%. Microsoft launched a war on effective meetings with the introduction of PowerPoint.

  • @tetzet3254
    @tetzet3254 Рік тому +1

    Altair: La shai waki'on mutlaq bal kollon mumken. Nothing is true everything is permitted.

  • @jeremiahshields7827
    @jeremiahshields7827 Рік тому +3

    He's does philanthropist capitalism, where in everything he "helps" with he comes out making millions off of it. He's not in this game to help us players that's for sure.

  • @dameanvil
    @dameanvil 8 місяців тому +4

    00:00 🎮 Researching Google's work with military drones, noticed Air Force officer using Xbox controller to fly a $60 million drone.
    0:42 🛠 Microsoft, traditionally known for spreadsheets, Word Documents, becomes a key part of the US military's technology strategy.
    4:00 🚀 Bill Gates transforms Microsoft, dominates the PC software market with MS-DOS, sets the stage for the company's military involvement.
    7:23 📉 Microsoft loses dominance in the computing industry during the 2000s, struggles in consumer internet and mobile devices.
    9:01 👓 Microsoft's focus on augmented reality, wins a $22 billion military contract for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).
    13:13 🌐 Microsoft's cloud computing journey with Azure, wins a $10 billion contract for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) project.
    19:10 💻 Microsoft wins JEDI over Amazon, Trump's influence questioned, but Microsoft's longstanding ties with the military played a crucial role.

  • @FEETLE
    @FEETLE Рік тому +4

    philanthropy and war go hand in hand, i guess.

  • @mohamedkhaireh9356
    @mohamedkhaireh9356 Рік тому +7

    I just watched two of your videos; this one on Microsoft and the other on Bolt after UA-cam recommended them. I have to say I am really impressed with the quality of your videos, they are incredibly well structured, informative and engaging. It goes without saying I am now a subscriber, I have no doubt you'll reach and exceed a 1 million subscribers if you keep up the quality of your videos.

  • @cyanfloy2473
    @cyanfloy2473 Рік тому +6

    When a big company has great power like a millitary techology,gathering information.They are almost unstoppable

  • @Husky_Passion
    @Husky_Passion 8 місяців тому +3

    if i can avoid microsoft i do : those guys do human viruses and armsdeal !

  • @shrimpkins
    @shrimpkins Рік тому +4

    Did you mean Microsoft's Military Empire, or Millinery Empire?

  • @CaioPeixoto1
    @CaioPeixoto1 Рік тому +11

    Also, Bill Gates' mother knew some of the IBM execs, so he had personal connections that helped sell an OS to IBM.

    • @wayando
      @wayando Рік тому +1

      How many people do you think knew those execs?! 😂😂😂 ... Knowing them has some value, but know what to do with the access is another thing altogether.

  • @JamesD1776-uc
    @JamesD1776-uc Рік тому +3

    IBM during WW2 made it possible for them to track all the people in the camps.

  • @WhiteDraqon
    @WhiteDraqon 8 місяців тому +3

    did you just say global health and bill gates in one sentence? man, do your research better lmao. John Conman, yup.

    • @SabbaticusRex
      @SabbaticusRex 8 місяців тому

      I think they covered most of everything personally -- except for maybe the C H I L D R A P E S . . But nobody is perfect . ugh.

  • @mrjmorovis
    @mrjmorovis Рік тому +5

    I lived in Palo Alto and Mountain View in the 90's. I knew a few people in tech. It was a routine thing for companies to come into existence and develop a product far enough that it became concern or interest to Microsoft, Sun, Oracle so Microsoft or one of the others would buy them out and either adapt it to Microsoft or kill it. That still goes n today except it includes Google, Amazon, Apple, etc.
    How many promising technologies died back then which could have changed tings with a bit more development or an angel investor. Angel investors weren't always angels they would buy in and pitch it to Microsoft so Microsoft would buy it and do whatever they wanted with it resulting in a tidy profit. That still goes on today.

    • @Bignaqc
      @Bignaqc 11 місяців тому

      What solution would you provide?

  • @xtopia9758
    @xtopia9758 Рік тому +5

    damn I'm 5 minutes in to this and economics explained

  • @Warp9pnt9
    @Warp9pnt9 8 місяців тому +2

    Misinformation. I had a phone with Windows on it in 2007. By then, there had been apps 5+ years old for Windows based phones. They existed long before 2010. 2010 may mark an "Official" Windows Phone released by Microsoft. But it had already made WinCE and variants nearly 10 years earlier, and it was everywhere on phones. Windows is garbage. Microsoft is garbage. Always has been, always will be. So are Macs. And Google Android. Just because something is popular, doesn't make it quality.

  • @jacquesdemolay5171
    @jacquesdemolay5171 Рік тому +20

    This was unbelievably comprehensive. Excellent work.

  • @rodericksasu6976
    @rodericksasu6976 Рік тому +5

    Liked before watching 😊

  • @DArynBDeMoss
    @DArynBDeMoss Рік тому +28

    With just a little more information this could’ve been a great video. The military isn’t ran off of excel. It’s ran off of Outlook and Power Point. Microsoft’s a more diversified company over AWS and Google and now with Microsoft leading the way with AI Search (that wasn’t mentioned) Bing is getting a lot of traction. The Ivas and Hololens projects were large but never a contender with Azure, everything that Ivas and Hololens did was done on Azure. Also you kept bringing up Bill, while he was obviously amazing and drove the company to new heights. Satya put thrusters on Microsoft and put it into space with where he’s brought the company. This was a very lackluster watch

    • @willkrummeck
      @willkrummeck Рік тому +1

      comparing aws (a part of amazon) to microsoft is not right, if you look at acquisitions its complicated but i would put amazon on top.

    • @metasaurus3233
      @metasaurus3233 Рік тому

      You are the worst kind of person lol

    • @rorschach775
      @rorschach775 Рік тому +3

      I feel like I'm not even that old but I've lived through most of this and this video just feels like someone reading a wikipedia page. Windows was the only choice for the military. They had a monopoly until the 00's. It makes no sense to be like "In the mid 90's the military had to choose an OS between Linux and Windows" when Linux in the 90's was absolute dog shit. It was really a question of whether they were going to dump billions building an OS specifically for the military at a time when most of the talent was at Microsoft. Even after losing the monopoly lawsuit MS still managed to be a giant in the tech industry. It's like watching a video on how much influence a monopoly gives without understanding that it is a monopoly.

    • @klausstock8020
      @klausstock8020 Рік тому +1

      The $22bn they got for IVAS are probably several orders of magnitude above of what they put into that project. And I guess they'll continue to milk the military for further funds.
      To me IVAS looks like an upgraded version of the _Zielgerät 1229_ from 1944. Upgraded, because _Zielgerät 1229_ only had a (rather compact) 13kg backpack while IVAS features a (bulky) 20kg backpack.
      Oh well, IVAS can run Doom. _Zielgerät 1229_ obviously can't.

  • @Open2eyes
    @Open2eyes Рік тому +1

    bill gates isn't a computer-coding genius. he's where the money is at. just a talented businessman, Try look up Jake Tran´s video. the guy seems prettyyyyy sus

  • @Loopysage108
    @Loopysage108 Рік тому +3

    Private military + Private Industry = Danger

  • @delmanpronto9374
    @delmanpronto9374 Рік тому +2

    "laid back philanthropist". the most dreaded kind if there was one.

  • @mitakshara158
    @mitakshara158 Рік тому +9

    You didn't mention "Satya Nadella" even once. He turned around the company and made ot relevant.

  • @alaneddy4575
    @alaneddy4575 Рік тому +2

    What strengths? Microsoft bought their way in. Gates and co bought DOS. They are not innovators, they are emulators who got lucky once.

  • @folkishappalachian6827
    @folkishappalachian6827 Рік тому +3

    19:37 there is a world of difference between foul play and bantering about the commander in chief of a military until he revokes your contract. In the business world, it is not wise to speak ill to your clients. Had Bezos been smart about it, he would have simply waited until Trump was out of office to say anything ill advise. Yet with power comes ego, and with ego comes arrogance

  • @lexxlexx9710
    @lexxlexx9710 Рік тому +2

    Samsung is even bigger on the military side. It is an inevitable relationship between tech companies and the military.

  • @ohedd
    @ohedd Рік тому +4

    Teenage Bill Gates looked just like teenage Tony Hawk!

  • @notanymore9471
    @notanymore9471 Рік тому +2

    Lol yeah Bill Gates is a “philanthropist” working on global health. 😂 ok.

  • @takudzwamashamba7453
    @takudzwamashamba7453 Рік тому +3

    when it arrived it was Bing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @tuckersmoak6632
    @tuckersmoak6632 Рік тому +2

    every piece of tech I touched in Iraq was microsoft

  • @chiupipi
    @chiupipi Рік тому +4

    Somehow, I feel that you look a bit like the actor of SpiderMan :P.Thank you for the video. It's always fun to watch :)

  • @RandomFUN9
    @RandomFUN9 Рік тому +2

    Let’s see Paul Allen’s Altair system.

  • @MrSunmorning
    @MrSunmorning Рік тому +33

    From what I understand MS projects with the US military yield zero to little result. The latest big contract they have with the US military seems to be providing some cloud computing service and that is also splitter between other big companies. They don't seem to have any technological edge other other companies. Even though MS might have a long history with the military, but I don't think that can make them anything close to a military empire either.

    • @soul0360
      @soul0360 Рік тому +20

      Exactly. It's funny how this video seems like it started out with a conclusion designed to go viral. But then presents facts that doesn't support that conclusion.
      Especially funny, that a video about Microsoft has 5 minutes or so. Talking about The evolution of the US 'digital soldier programs' all the way from the 80's. And then at the end spends 10 seconds saying'Microsoft got involved, still not great'.

    • @andrewferguson6901
      @andrewferguson6901 Рік тому +5

      ​@soul0360 yeah that's cause it's propaganda

    • @martinchekuri
      @martinchekuri Рік тому +11

      I worked with MS. I worked on the proposal that won the JEDI deal. MS has a considerable workforce just focusses on military. I can't disclose numbers, but the team that focuses on military apps and cloud is as big as any other super-big company.

    • @andrewferguson6901
      @andrewferguson6901 Рік тому +3

      @@martinchekuri yup, including the marketing budget to fund this vid, I'm sure

    • @JohnGeorgeBauerBuis
      @JohnGeorgeBauerBuis 11 місяців тому

      @@martinchekuriconsidering that Micro-Soft has diversified to being essentially an investment company, not just a software developer.

  • @seapanda-117
    @seapanda-117 Рік тому +8

    “A laid back philanthropist”? Lol okay.

    • @StephenYuan
      @StephenYuan Рік тому

      Well, he is a philanthropist. Is he laid back?
      I suppose he's just as intense as he used to be but his goals are different now.

    • @globaladdict
      @globaladdict Рік тому

      @@StephenYuan There's a lot of tin foil wearing idiots that think Bill Gates is trying to microchip us all and a whole bunch of other shit. Best to ignore what they say, don't look them in the eye, and back away slowly.

    • @wentadi
      @wentadi Рік тому

      Philanthropist interested in howitzers instead in hostels for homeless.

  • @RedSword69
    @RedSword69 Рік тому +4

    I'd have expected some mentions of the experience Microsoft acquired developping stuff in and for China too.

  • @eunoiavision7567
    @eunoiavision7567 8 місяців тому +2

    I love how he says Trump hates the Washington Post. I think the feeling was mutual.

  • @jay-by1se
    @jay-by1se Рік тому +3

    NSA outsourced a ton of real heavy work to Microsoft.

  • @JohnSmith-bm6zg
    @JohnSmith-bm6zg Рік тому +1

    Remember in the Simpsons, when Bill Gates buys out Homer 😂

  • @robthebankmotion
    @robthebankmotion Рік тому +5

    This is an awesome video, John!! Very well done.

  • @roquemocan
    @roquemocan Рік тому +4

    I don't think using Linux would have been different to Windows in the divide by zero error. That is not the operating system. It is the program that runs on top of the operating system - which is different to the operating system.

    • @klausstock8020
      @klausstock8020 Рік тому

      In early NT4, an application could crash the OS (the complete machine) by passing unexpected values into kernel routines. No range checking, no input validation, no sanity checks on the kernel level. It is entirely possible that a bug in an application program could cause blue screens when the program tries to recover or tries to exit gracefully. I remember that trying to unpack an incomplete RAR file with WinRAR would reliably cause a blue screen.
      Heck, even receiving a TCP/IP packet from a non-Windows machine could crash NT4 under certain circumstances.
      Many sanity checks were added to the kernel routines via service packs.
      Of course, the real reason was that developers tried to cut corners. There sure was a lot of half-baked code in there - but it was also 25 years ago. Not sure how much similarly half-baked Linux had in the kernel at that time! All I remember was btrfs eating all my data.

  • @renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300

    Of course the dude who spent nights as Epstein’s apt in New York would have that Kinda power in America of course smh sick

  • @HaHaBIah
    @HaHaBIah Рік тому +4

    Based on the video title. I suspect that this video will blow up.

  • @andrewblack7852
    @andrewblack7852 Рік тому +1

    You missed the most important point. IBM did not find bill. Bill didn’t have sone great merit. His mother, ( extremely wealthy powerful Seattle family with ties to the president of ibm), called up the head of IBM and asked if they couldn’t help out her son. Bill was living like a collage kid, not cleaning up his room and without prospects. Bills father sat on America’s eugenics board.

  • @_unruly
    @_unruly Рік тому +3

    though it's a bit eerie the thumbnail is hilarious, Bill Gates went tech businessman guru to "doctor" to "farmer" and now "general"

  • @geekworthy7938
    @geekworthy7938 Рік тому +2

    Microsoft made one good play. Everything else has been shit.

  • @Derrick_Monk
    @Derrick_Monk Рік тому +7

    Damn you leveled up on editing John

  • @emameyer
    @emameyer Рік тому +2

    the good thing is if Terminators are based on MSFT tech, we are all safe.
    sooner than later there will be a bug, a blue screen etc. and we will just be able to kick the damn thing in the head

  • @xenoneuronics6765
    @xenoneuronics6765 Рік тому +4

    Microsoft is looking great recently, more exciting than the other tech giants

  • @fpsFAMOUS
    @fpsFAMOUS Рік тому +2

    Lots of people I know do NOT trust this "maniac".
    Likewise! 😁👍
    He stole his position!

    • @lukasxss1794
      @lukasxss1794 Рік тому

      yeah bro he totally is ruining your life right?

  • @idib1739
    @idib1739 Рік тому +8

    "Laid back Philanthropist" yeah right😂

  • @LonleyCopy
    @LonleyCopy Рік тому +2

    For some reason this video reminded me of south parks skit of bill gates
    F*KIN WINDOWS 98....😆

  • @pryder5943
    @pryder5943 Рік тому +3

    some of the first mass home computers were those such as Zx81 and Commodore. Most programs had to be manually written in, Zx81 only had tape deck. As commodore progressed even duel hard drives were available as third party products. Even the new models had an option to run as a earlier model to continue using older software. In general these machines were much more stable, less crashes. Now we are forced to buy newer models and throw away hundreds of dollers of old software because they won't work. It seems to be a industry alliance between Microsoft and software manufacturers to force us to keep spending money to be able to use our products. Maybe graphics weren't as good, but in general things like games were more playable. Now, my needs are simple, but even using programs such as Microsoft office is becoming unreliable, because Microsoft wants more money to upgrade. Systems like Unix are becoming more tempting

  • @MrQw34ful
    @MrQw34ful Рік тому +1

    Very nice, let’s see Paul Allen’s military empire

  • @henrylam92
    @henrylam92 Рік тому +5

    How do you have not a million plus subscribers with the original top quality content you put out 😭

    • @ernestmwape
      @ernestmwape Рік тому

      Because a lot of us watch useless junk. This is loaded with data a lot of people cannt process

    • @christopher480
      @christopher480 8 місяців тому

      cuz hes not completely accurate and ppl see that.

  • @Wes12940
    @Wes12940 Рік тому +1

    I wonder if I should click away after seeing that "MILITARY" is misspelled as "MILLITARY" basically every time.

  • @aytoonz35
    @aytoonz35 Рік тому +4

    I love Microsoft ☺️

  • @slaffsla
    @slaffsla Рік тому +2

    You lost me on the word philanthropist. Calling him a scumbag would be a compliment. He engages in "philanthropy" as long as it is aligned with his goals, trying to repair his social damage on the way.

  • @wayneoates8842
    @wayneoates8842 Рік тому +8

    You got me at ‘These days Gates is a laid back philanthropist’ 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Idur88
      @Idur88 Рік тому +4

      Hahahaha

  • @danielfrappier3378
    @danielfrappier3378 Рік тому +7

    Our military having to rely on Microsoft's products is very scary. Wonder if they have to reboot their system often.

  • @Bob_Loblaw
    @Bob_Loblaw Рік тому +2

    Bill Gates needs to go away. Far, far, away. Forever.

  • @notmyself2533
    @notmyself2533 Рік тому +1

    What wrong doing business with the military? Isn’t that patriotic thing to do