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More than twenty-five years ago, the very first issue of PC Magazine covered the work between IBM and Microsoft , work that originated in the first PC. In 1982, editor-in-chief Dave Bunnell sat down with Gates in the first of what would be several interviews over the years, culminating in the ...
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Microsoft's 'Head Coach'
MacBytes.com — ... might be doing if Bill Gates hadn't offered him a job. (Some of PC Magazine Espa ol's questions have been edited for clarity.) PC MAGAZINE: Thank you. To start, what would have happened if you didn't accept the Bill Gates invitation to work for Microsoft 28 years ago? STEVE BALLMER: I think it's impossible to know. I think it would be a different place for sure. Might be bigger, might be smaller, might be more successful, might be less, but it would certainly be different. I think, you know, if you look at it—the skills and knowledge and capability that Bill brought ...

Microsoft's 'Head Coach'
MacBytes.com — ... might be doing if Bill Gates hadn't offered him a job. (Some of PC Magazine Espa ol's questions have been edited for clarity.) PC MAGAZINE: Thank you. To start, what would have happened if you didn't accept the Bill Gates invitation to work for Microsoft 28 years ago? STEVE BALLMER: I think it's impossible to know. I think it would be a different place for sure. Might be bigger, might be smaller, might be more successful, might be less, but it would certainly be different. I think, you know, if you look at it—the skills and knowledge and capability that Bill brought ...

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