Microsoft has not, nor has it ever been, primarily a technology company. It has always been a marketing company.
Bill Gates has not, nor has he ever been, a techie OR a nerd - but what he is, is a brilliant marketeer
Bill Gates is the ULTIMATE nerd! How do you think a 19-year-old kid could sell BASIC to companies run by old guys in 1974 on pure marketing skill to found the largest software company in the world? The only way is by vast technical intellect. The young Bill Gates was the type of nerd who knew and had an opinion on everything about current technology.
Of course, a techie can also market brilliantly, which, of course, as you state, is what Microsoft's success is contingent upon...
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Bill Gates is the ULTIMATE nerd! How do you think a 19-year-old kid could sell BASIC to companies run by old guys in 1974 on pure marketing skill to found the largest software company in the world? The only way is by vast technical intellect. The young Bill Gates was the type of nerd who knew and had an opinion on everything about current technology.
Of course, a techie can also market brilliantly, which, of course, as you state, is what Microsoft's success is contingent upon...