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Comment by bombcar

2 months ago

Microsoft's a big company, and billg "stepped down" in 2000. Raymond is still working, so they overlap less than may appear.

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iforgotpassword  2 months ago

He has stories on his blog about windows 2 iirc, so there was an overlap from a time where they were still relatively small. So I think it's a bit odd they never talked or met.

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