Internet History Podcast Podcast Episodes featuring Bill Gates

100. The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates? The Gary Kildall Story

Internet History Podcast - March 13, 2016 21:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 363 ratings
Summary To celebrate our 100th episode, we’re taking a special look at one of the foundational legends of the technology industry. It’s about the man who invented the modern disc operating system (the OS) and the concept of the software platform. That man was Gary Kildall. And the question we e...

7. (Ch 2.2) Bill Gates "Gets" The Internet

Internet History Podcast - March 13, 2014 19:01 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratings
Summary: Microsoft was on top of the world at the dawn of the Internet Era… but like Jack Dawson in Titanic? Microsoft would pivot, and pivot hard, once it realized that the Internet was The Next Big Thing. This episode outlines how younger Microsoft employees agitated for a greater focus on th...