:49:02
It should be taught
in all the history books.
:49:04
I mean, hung and framed
in the National Gallery or something.
:49:08
Because this is the instant of creation...
:49:10
...of one of the greatest fortunes
in the history of the world.
:49:14
I mean, Bill Gates is the richest guy in the
world because of what started in this room.
:49:20
You wanna know what else?
:49:21
It wasn't exactly smoke and mirrors,
but we didn't have anything.
:49:25
I mean, not a damn thing.
:49:30
Here we were, this two-bit little outfit...
:49:32
...telling IBM we had the answer
to their problems.
:49:36
DOS? The Disk Operating System?
:49:39
To make all those zillion
IBM computers compute?
:49:43
We didn't even remotely own
anything like what Bill was selling them.
:49:47
Nada, zip.
:49:55
Of course, we don't just
wanna sell it to you outright.
:49:58
We wanna be able to license it to you.
:50:00
- You want to retain ownership?
- Right.
:50:04
Well, the profits are in the computers
themselves, not this software stuff.
:50:13
No big deal.
:50:16
Oh, and one other thing.
:50:17
We have to be able...
:50:19
...to sell it to other outfits.
:50:24
But...
:50:26
...there was just one little problem.
:50:32
Bill, why did you tell them
we have an operating system?
:50:35
We don't have a thing to sell them now.
We're dead.
:50:38
- We're not. You'll give us the miracle, right?
- Oh, yeah, right.
:50:43
Well, come on. You said you knew a guy
we could buy an operating system from.
:50:46
I said I sort of know him.
:50:48
Sort of? You heard me.
Don't tell me "sort of." I just told IBM.
:50:53
Sort of.