It was twenty years ago today…
: On this day in 1983, Bill Gates announced Microsoft Windows in New York. I was there because I had to translate for a top editor of People, who’d decided to name Gates one of the 25 Most Intriguing People of the year. It really was a case of simultaneous translation. Gates, davening on a chair, talked about Windows and I’d turn to my editor and explain what he meant and why it mattered. Gates said I knew what I was talking about. Damn, why wasn’t I smart enough to turn that into a career and a fortune? [via Couchblog]
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