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TIL Bill Gates was already the world's richest man even before Windows 95 was launched (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] homesweethomeMrL 14 points 4 months ago

Because it was already a monopoly. The legislative and legal minds of the day did’t even use computers. They barely do today. It’s constantly frustrating to wait for them to get a collective clue.

[–] Got_Bent 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This was my introduction to Bill Gates in 1992

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople 5 points 4 months ago

Don't forget Bill the Gates:

[–] shalafi 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We have a Bloom County sub!

https://old.lemmy.world/c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

[–] skeezix 4 points 4 months ago

Bill can I borrow ten bucks?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

More than half of Bill Gates' pre-Windows 95 fortunes must have come solely from this ad spot from Steve Ballmer