Mar 30
Microsoft Co-Founder Takes on Gates in New Book
Posted in: Microsoft, Miscellaneous Tech, Today's Chili
Someone get David Fincher on the phone. A forthcoming memoir from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is making big waves amongst Microsoft employees and alumni, thanks largely to the author’s portrayal of fellow founder, Bill Gates.
The Wall Street Journal got its hands on a manuscript for the book, Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft, which it describes as “revisionist,” recounting, among other things, how Gates attempted to take control Allen’s shares of the company while the latter was being treated for cancer.
Allen also bemoans a perceived lack of credit for his involvement with the company. The Journal, however, cites people who shoot down Allen’s memories, including a story in which he traveled to California to recruit a key Microsoft programmer. According to the aforementioned sources, it was Gates who tracked down the computer scientist.
Gates, meanwhile, has offered a pretty staid response about the whole thing, “”While my recollection of many of these events may differ from Paul’s, I value his friendship and the important contributions he made to the world of technology and at Microsoft.”
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