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thenthenthen
76 days ago
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Microsoft’s original source code
This also how I read the story, they were ‘basically’ salesmen/marketing guys with good investor storytime. The hacking part was hacking together code on the plane before the meeting to rake in the cash?
everfrustrated
75 days ago
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Simply untrue. They were hacking in highschool for fun. Complete nerds. They were _also_ ruthless business people.
mmooss
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Most high school hackers and nerds don't become good professional coders.
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