Bill Gates is not creator of Windows?

Queatrix · 04-23-2005, 02:12 PM

I read in a newspaper that Bill Gates is not the one who made up windows, and that it was some other guy, I can't thinkof his name right now though. But do you think that is true?

Scribbler · 04-23-2005, 02:19 PM

IIRC, Microsoft and Apple both took Xerox's example and created GUI operating systems (Been a while since I read about it... I think perhaps Apple bought Xerox's system...don't recall exactly).

In any case, there were a team of developers for Microsoft who designed windows. By that time Gates was just the man in charge, not a developer.

**Salem** · 04-23-2005, 02:28 PM

Are you thinking of this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...user_interface

Queatrix · 04-23-2005, 02:34 PM

So basicly everybody got the idea from everbody. Sortof?

-KEN- · 04-23-2005, 05:05 PM

Well, he didn't write DOS, which Windows originally revolved around.

Queatrix · 04-23-2005, 05:08 PM

Good point.

B0bDole · 04-23-2005, 05:14 PM

>Well, he didn't write DOS, which Windows originally revolved around.

Most of their stuff is from acqusitians(sp)

elnerdo · 04-23-2005, 05:17 PM

Basically all he actually wrote was BASIC.

(I think.)

Kleid-0 · 04-23-2005, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elnerdo

Basically all he actually wrote was BASIC.

(I think.)

Yeah, Bill Gates wrote BASIC with Paul Allen I believe. The GUI originated from Xerox PARC --> Apple --> Microsoft Windows. Apple sues Microsoft for their GUI relativity, but Apple loses.

As time went on for Microsoft, there came a lot of Microsofties that came up with ideas and programmed a lot. Bill Gates was just the business coordinator and the guy that made sure everyone at Microsoft was working as hard as they can to pull through the projects.

Queatrix · 04-24-2005, 10:14 AM

So basicly Gates just came into the matter becouse he had the bucks to do it?

Govtcheez · 04-24-2005, 10:16 AM

Not really that so much, but he was smart enough to do it correctly. It's not like Xerox and Apple are/were rinkydink little companies.

Queatrix · 04-24-2005, 10:22 AM

But a regular person couldn't come in and done what he did, could they have?

Govtcheez · 04-24-2005, 10:34 AM

You mean like some random guy off the street? Probably not. Gates obviously isn't some random person, though. I don't think he was what you'd call loaded at that point in time.

Lurker · 04-24-2005, 10:35 AM

Umm...wasn't Bill Gates a "regular person"? Bill Gates is the cocreator of Microsoft, that's it.

Govtcheez · 04-24-2005, 10:47 AM

Right, but he was obviously knowledgable enough to know how to market it and work with what he could.

04-23-2005, 02:12 PM	#1
Queatrix Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,342	Bill Gates is not creator of Windows? I read in a newspaper that Bill Gates is not the one who made up windows, and that it was some other guy, I can't thinkof his name right now though. But do you think that is true?
Queatrix is offline

04-23-2005, 02:19 PM	#2
Scribbler Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Aurora CO Posts: 266	IIRC, Microsoft and Apple both took Xerox's example and created GUI operating systems (Been a while since I read about it... I think perhaps Apple bought Xerox's system...don't recall exactly). In any case, there were a team of developers for Microsoft who designed windows. By that time Gates was just the man in charge, not a developer. __________________ rmjones@gmail.com
Scribbler is offline

04-23-2005, 02:28 PM	#3
Salem and the hat of Jobseeking Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The edge of the known universe Posts: 21,648	Are you thinking of this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...user_interface __________________ If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
Salem is offline

04-23-2005, 02:34 PM	#4
Queatrix Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,342	So basicly everybody got the idea from everbody. Sortof?
Queatrix is offline

04-23-2005, 05:05 PM	#5
-KEN- Just one more wrong move. Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,232	Well, he didn't write DOS, which Windows originally revolved around. __________________ Gays can't love like real people entropysink.com -- because arses weren't designed for running websites.
-KEN- is offline

04-23-2005, 05:08 PM	#6
Queatrix Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,342	Good point.
Queatrix is offline

04-23-2005, 05:14 PM	#7
B0bDole Bob Dole for '08 Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 618	>Well, he didn't write DOS, which Windows originally revolved around. Most of their stuff is from acqusitians(sp) __________________ Hmm
B0bDole is offline

04-23-2005, 05:17 PM	#8
elnerdo Resident nerd Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 51	Basically all he actually wrote was BASIC. (I think.) __________________ nerds unite! I'm using windows XP. I'm using dev-C++ by bloodshed.
elnerdo is offline

04-24-2005, 10:14 AM	#10
Queatrix Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,342	So basicly Gates just came into the matter becouse he had the bucks to do it?
Queatrix is offline

04-24-2005, 10:16 AM	#11
Govtcheez Mayor of Awesometown Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: MI Posts: 8,826	Not really that so much, but he was smart enough to do it correctly. It's not like Xerox and Apple are/were rinkydink little companies. __________________ -Govtcheez govtcheez03@hotmail.com
Govtcheez is offline

04-24-2005, 10:22 AM	#12
Queatrix Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,342	But a regular person couldn't come in and done what he did, could they have?
Queatrix is offline

04-24-2005, 10:34 AM	#13
Govtcheez Mayor of Awesometown Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: MI Posts: 8,826	You mean like some random guy off the street? Probably not. Gates obviously isn't some random person, though. I don't think he was what you'd call loaded at that point in time. __________________ -Govtcheez govtcheez03@hotmail.com
Govtcheez is offline

04-24-2005, 10:35 AM	#14
Lurker The Defective GRAPE Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 949	Umm...wasn't Bill Gates a "regular person"? Bill Gates is the cocreator of Microsoft, that's it. __________________ Do not make direct eye contact with me.
Lurker is offline

04-24-2005, 10:47 AM	#15
Govtcheez Mayor of Awesometown Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: MI Posts: 8,826	Right, but he was obviously knowledgable enough to know how to market it and work with what he could. __________________ -Govtcheez govtcheez03@hotmail.com
Govtcheez is offline

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Just starting Windows Programming, School me!	Shamino	Windows Programming	17	02-22-2008 08:14 AM
how to make a windows application	crvenkapa	C++ Programming	3	03-26-2007 09:59 AM
IE 6 status bar	DavidP	Tech Board	15	10-23-2002 05:31 PM
Lock up Bill & Throw Away the Key?	Davros	A Brief History of Cprogramming.com	1	10-15-2002 11:31 AM
Lil Anti Windows Humor	RoD	A Brief History of Cprogramming.com	3	10-02-2002 12:01 PM