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		johnyzee on Dec 29, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Triumph of Nerds: Steve Jobs & Bill Gates (1 of 3) Crazy to think that in 1986 Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were already considered to have triumphed. In hindsight, they had only just taken their first few baby steps in business!

SingAlong on Dec 29, 2008 [–]

Seems like you have misread. It's 1996 not 1986 :)

But the 1990s were the most intense with OSes getting better GUIs and computers getting cheaper (actually getting more personal) :)

johnyzee on Dec 29, 2008 | [–]

Gah. :) But the going's been good since 1996 too.

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