Cringely Bashes Microsoft
What else is new? Cringely
writes how Ballmer and Gates connived behind Paul Allen's back to get his shares if he died from his disease. He also brings back old memories how Gates even out-foxed his partner, Allen, into getting a 64% share of Microsoft. All this being said, there is no-one better in pure business skills than Bill Gates. Paul Allen may be a great guy in the Steve Wozniak type of way, however Gates and Jobs are the guys that really drove the success of their respective companies. What Paul Allen is famous for is taking a $30 billion fortune and losing most of it in bad investments down to $8 billion in 2003. He should thank Gates for his fortune.
