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发帖数: 3464 | 1 Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen tells all about his
relationship with Bill Gates and starting Microsoft in a new book, "Idea Man
," that was excerpted in Vanity Fair Wednesday.
Here are some quick, juicy bits:
On Bill Gates' ambitions at age 13 when the two met at Lakeside high school:
"One day he showed me the (Fortune) magazine’s special annual issue and
asked me, 'What do you think it’s like to run a Fortune 500 company?' I
said I had no idea. And Bill said, 'Maybe we’ll have our own company
someday.' He was 13 years old and already a budding entrepreneur."
On how Gates always wanted to be the smartest guy in the room:
"You could tell three things about Bill Gates pretty quickly. He was really
smart. He was really competitive; he wanted to show you how smart he was.
And he was really, really persistent."
Allen said Gates whittled down Allen's share in Microsoft from the beginning
when the two started the company:
"From the time we’d started together in Massachusetts, I’d assumed that
our partnership would be a 50-50 proposition. But Bill had another idea. 'It
’s not right for you to get half,' he said. 'You had your salary at MITS
while I did almost everything on BASIC without one back in Boston. I should
get more. I think it should be 60-40.' ...
Bill’s intensity was nonstop, and when he asked me for a walk-and-talk one
day, I knew something was up. We’d gone a block when he cut to the chase: '
I’ve done most of the work on BASIC, and I gave up a lot to leave Harvard,'
he said. 'I deserve more than 60 percent.'
'How much more?'
'I was thinking 64-36.' ”
On how Allen was mad that Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer received 8
.75 percent of the company when he joined Microsoft:
"Bill had offered Steve 8.75 percent of the company, considerably more than
what I’d agreed to.
It was bad enough that Bill had chosen to override me on a partnership issue
we’d specifically discussed. It was worse that he’d waited till I was
away to send the letter. I wrote him to set out what I had learned, and
concluded, 'As a result of discovering these facts I am no longer interested
in employing Mr. Ballmer, and I consider the above points a major breach of
faith on your part.' "
On how after Allen was diagnosed with cancer, he felt Gates and Ballmer felt
he wasn't productive enough:
"One evening in late December 1982, I heard Bill and Steve speaking heatedly
in Bill’s office and paused outside to listen in. It was easy to get the
gist of the conversation. They were bemoaning my recent lack of production
and discussing how they might dilute my Microsoft equity by issuing options
to themselves and other shareholders. It was clear that they’d been
thinking about this for some time."
Update 11:32 a.m.:
Bill Gates released this statement in response to Allen's book:
“While my recollection of many of these events may differ from Paul’s, I
value his friendship and the important contributions he made to the world of
technology and at Microsoft.” | Q*K
发帖数: 3464 | 2 很多猛料啊。。。。
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school:
【在 Q*K 的大作中提到】
: Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen tells all about his
: relationship with Bill Gates and starting Microsoft in a new book, "Idea Man
: ," that was excerpted in Vanity Fair Wednesday.
: Here are some quick, juicy bits:
: On Bill Gates' ambitions at age 13 when the two met at Lakeside high school:
: "One day he showed me the (Fortune) magazine’s special annual issue and
: asked me, 'What do you think it’s like to run a Fortune 500 company?' I
: said I had no idea. And Bill said, 'Maybe we’ll have our own company
: someday.' He was 13 years old and already a budding entrepreneur."
: On how Gates always wanted to be the smartest guy in the room:
| W**i
发帖数: 447 | 3 还好吧。
如果Pirates of Silicon Valley和The Social Network是基于真实的话，那么微软创
始人之间友谊比起苹果和脸书的来要好得多了。 | z********o
发帖数: 4284 | 4 大家可以去mercer围观P. Allen家，就在路边的 | Q*K
发帖数: 3464 | 5 苹果和脸书的事情也是真的。。。
尤其是脸书的，官司都打了，Mark都赔了人家那么多钱了。。。。
【在 W**i 的大作中提到】
: 还好吧。
: 如果Pirates of Silicon Valley和The Social Network是基于真实的话，那么微软创
: 始人之间友谊比起苹果和脸书的来要好得多了。
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