![]() But by then I was convinced that I was documenting a movement that would affect everybody. Gates himself saw my reverence as an intriguing novelty. I saw his passion for computers as a matter of historic import. ![]() I would interview Gates many times over the years, but that first conversation was special. His name was not yet a household word even Word was not yet a household word. ![]() Back then, Gates had just pulled off a deal to supply his DOS operating system to IBM. I was trying to capture what I thought was the red-hot core of the then-burgeoning computer revolution - the scarily obsessive, absurdly brainy, and endlessly inventive people known as hackers. It's weird how old this industry has become." The Microsoft cofounder and I, a couple of fiftysomething codgers, are following up on an interview I had with a tousle-headed Gates more than a quarter century ago. When we did the microprocessor revolution, there was nobody old, nobody. "When I was young, I didn't know any old people. Gallery Gates, Zuckerberg Meet for Wired Cover Shoot"It's funny in a way", says Bill Gates, relaxing in an armchair in his office. ![]()
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