re Re: IVIV (1) There Will be Computers for This

[Doug Millison]

On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> Young Bill was using that early computer internet pipeline at @13 in  
> Seattle. Rich school and he and friends were allowed--then learned  
> how to
> tie in after school, I believe.


I had forgotten that detail, thanks.

>
> He and Allen famously dropped out of Harvard when there was a  
> Heathkit personal computer that one could put together on the cover.  
> '74 or '76, and y'all could look it up, if'n you want. he and paul  
> started writing programs for it and a fortune was born.
>
> Despite Microsoft's rep, didja all know that many regular workers,  
> secretaries and the like from the earliest days in New Mexico, seattle
> were made rich by him, allen, ballmer, etc. millionaires? BEFORE--or  
> as-- they went public?