not so Microscopic Dilemma
A Not So Microscopic Dilemma This is an American story of a very microscopic dilemma on how two dropouts in college, Bill Gates (mainly) and Paul Allen, created the world’s largest software company, Microsoft, from nothing into the first class monopoly as we know of today (Brandel, 1). Gates and Paul Allen, using their incredible brilliance, were able to lend a helping hand that IBM requested in 1980, which eventually led to them backstabbing IBM by stealing IBM’s source code, and somehow, in the process, they got away from the scrutiny of the court to create the Windows OS (Operating System), the name we all now know and love, is this not very ironic (Brandel, 2)? ... ” Even later Strassberg ridiculously made this statement, “The standards that Microsoft develops may not be the ones its competitors would develop, but without Microsoft’s clout there would be no standards (2).” Fuller as well doesn’t even know how to put what Microsoft is doing so he goes on explaining that, “Sure, Microsoft is ruthless, but business is not ballet. ... Many people responded like Scott Rosenberg who said, “Here they go again… This is the classic language of vaporware: Software products that do not yet exist but that companies fill compelled to announce in an effort to cow competitors and wow investors (Black, 1). ... Technology is improving: Not as many features as Microsoft, though Linux has what most people want (Hamm…, 3).