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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (56546)	9/4/2006 7:51:27 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213183

Gates understood that the software was where the lock was. How did he know this? Not sure. Maybe. But I think he just knew that IBM was willing to pay him for an operating system. He found one (that IBM guys messed up buying). Bought it and resold it to IBM. Then the money started rolling in and certain things dawned on him. I think he would not hesitate to screw pretty much anyone who got in his way, as long as it was legal. It seems pretty clear that he won the battle with Apple due to peculiarities of the computer business rather than quality.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (56546)	9/5/2006 8:44:00 AM
From: HerbVic	Respond to of 213183

Gates understood that the software was where the lock was. How did he know this? I don't think he did at the time. He went to IBM's meeting with the intention of selling them the OS, fully expecting that he could make a couple of million. IBM didn't expect the little PC to become a success, so they wanted to license the OS rather than squander a couple of million on a dubious venture at best. Gates had a fortune handed to him due to their ineptitude.