John Pitts
1 min readFeb 24, 2020

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The infamous supposed quote from Microsoft’s Bill Gates (Hard Drive) comes to mind when reading this paragraph…

“The developers can alter the system with advanced knowledge. Competitors would need to rush to have functional products, or may even find their systems incompatible following the change.”

… namely:

“DOS isn’t done until Lotus doesn’t run”

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Law6OJQT1sQC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&dq=quote+new+operating+system+isn%27t+done+until+everyone+elses+code.doesnt+work+on+it&source=bl&ots=Du8H_NL8cE&sig=ACfU3U2rfZ7igpCMlZnVeijTHstgZzT2hw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX7Irqi-rnAhUEhlwKHfcJAdIQ6AEwAHoECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=quote%20new%20operating%20system%20isn’t%20done%20until%20everyone%20elses%20code.doesnt%20work%20on%20it&f=false

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John Pitts
John Pitts

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