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What I loved about Paul Allen

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Re: What I loved about Paul Allen

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Post by nodesocket »

screye wrote: post #45
pgrote wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for bringing this up. I had never heard of Ric Weiland. Here is another article discussing how he distributed his wealth: https://www.geekwire.com/2017/remarkable-life-legacy-ric-wei...

"A gay man who fell victim to HIV." The number of times I have heard of this misfortune is sometime truly astounding. A whole community ravaged by an illness that we don't have a solution to, with the government turning their back to it.

> with the government turning their back to it.

Do you also think the government is turning their back to cancer? The reality is if a cure is to come, it will come from private industry (for profit companies).

Re: What I loved about Paul Allen

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Post by kolleykibber »

yesenadam wrote: post #52
pastor_elm wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you ever go into business with a friend, you should anticipate the worst. They're only human. You have to be on your toes from the start, and you can only blame yourself if you get beat or blindsided. At that point, its irrelevant to your friendship. It was just business.

I hope your friends read this! Sounds like you value money - just business - incomparably more than friendship. Why?!

pastor_elm is spot on. This is something most learn the hard way.

Re: What I loved about Paul Allen

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Post by buzzert »

gtycomb wrote: post #14

"... Popular Electronics. It featured a new computer called the Altair 8800, which ran on a powerful new chip. Paul looked at me and said: “This is happening without us!” That moment marked the end of my college career and the beginning of our new company, Microsoft. It happened because of Paul." What a magical moment, those youthful fancies. I know that very spot they stood and it still is the same I guess -- all th…

One of my favorite movies growing up was Pirates of Silicon Valley (excellent movie, even today) and they portrayed that scene exactly the same as Gates recalled it.

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Post by coverband »

yesenadam wrote: post #52
pastor_elm wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you ever go into business with a friend, you should anticipate the worst. They're only human. You have to be on your toes from the start, and you can only blame yourself if you get beat or blindsided. At that point, its irrelevant to your friendship. It was just business.

I hope your friends read this! Sounds like you value money - just business - incomparably more than friendship. Why?!

I think you may be misreading the intent. I've also seen several friendships destroyed because of business disagreements. I take the message as "Don't get into business with friends if you value their friendship."

Re: What I loved about Paul Allen

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Post by chewxy »

buzzert wrote: post #65
gtycomb wrote: post #14

"... Popular Electronics. It featured a new computer called the Altair 8800, which ran on a powerful new chip. Paul looked at me and said: “This is happening without us!” That moment marked the end of my college career and the beginning of our new company, Microsoft. It happened because of Paul." What a magical moment, those youthful fancies. I know that very spot they stood and it still is the same I guess -- all th…

One of my favorite movies growing up was Pirates of Silicon Valley (excellent movie, even today) and they portrayed that scene exactly the same as Gates recalled it.

except if my memory serves, it was Paul who was sleeping in a pile of dirty socks and Bill barged into the room saying that. Then the scene cuts to New Mexico

Re: What I loved about Paul Allen

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Post by DenisM »

slededit wrote: post #50
mabbo wrote: post #29

I have perhaps one friend that I've known more than 15 years. Part of it is that I seem to be bad at keeping friends, and also because I spent a decade moving around a lot and just lost touch with people. Paul Allen and Bill Gates were friends from early teenage years until the 60s, until death. Through so much change in the world, much of it instigated by them. Through becoming some of the richest, most powerful peo…

They did have a falling out but it seems they reconciled. Paul Allen claims BillG tried to cut him out of Microsoft when he was first diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.

Source?

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Post by s3krit »

buzzert wrote: post #65
gtycomb wrote: post #14

"... Popular Electronics. It featured a new computer called the Altair 8800, which ran on a powerful new chip. Paul looked at me and said: “This is happening without us!” That moment marked the end of my college career and the beginning of our new company, Microsoft. It happened because of Paul." What a magical moment, those youthful fancies. I know that very spot they stood and it still is the same I guess -- all th…

One of my favorite movies growing up was Pirates of Silicon Valley (excellent movie, even today) and they portrayed that scene exactly the same as Gates recalled it.

Not exactly (Gates was in bed, Allen chucks him the magazine), but the feeling was portrayed fantastically.
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