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The habits of successful people (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

The guy started learning to program when he was 13 and had already written a lot of software and done a lot before Ms dos

I tried to look up the IBM claim but couldn't find anything.

But, what has that got to do with exploitation?

Or are you trying to argue he exploited IBM....

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's right on her Wiki under "career"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Maxwell_Gates

Nepotism is a hell of a drug

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He didn't write DOS, he bought it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I never said he wrote dos. They bought it from cpm if I recall

I said he was a developer well before Ms dos

He was a hard worker from the beginning. That's why he was successful

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nope. He was successful because of nepotism, a bit of luck, and being born into a position where he could apply what he was good at. Being a "hard worker" will only get you sick.