After Gates brilliant Hermitage DOS father still livelihoods of hard work (Figure)
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"DOS" Father Tim Patterson
REVIEW: Marketwatch website recently published an interview article on Microsoft's "Father of the MS-DOS" Tim Patterson (Tim Paterson) is. The article points out that compared with other wealthy software engineer, Patterson did not take advantage of its superb software development capabilities to earn wealth, but willing to live indifferent to life and content with their currently "high tech Tinker" act as character of.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates had announced that it would withdraw its own founding year of 1975 the daily management of the company in July 2008 in favor of Bill committed - charity work Melinda Gates Foundation. "Forbes" estimates, the foundation nearly $ 60 billion in assets, mainly to address AIDS in poor countries and to improve the level of education of children. At the same time, who proceeds from the Gates Foundation set a credit for Han Ma Patterson, but still quietly running a small company he set up in Issaquah, Washington (Issaquah). The company mainly engaged in small electronic devices, to improve the performance of the digital video recorder.
In 1980, Patterson developed the DOS operating system, a year later sold to Microsoft for $ 50,000 price. DOS became the core component of the Microsoft Windows operating system, and Windows has become Microsoft's flagship product, and in the subsequent 20 years as Microsoft has accumulated enormous wealth. In Microsoft's first fiscal quarter ended September this year, including Windows business division, including sales of $ 4.1 billion. In contrast, Patterson played for the heart and this year sales are expected to exceed $ 50,000 in 1989, Patterson founded technology companies, equivalent to 26 years ago, he sold DOS prices.
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Patterson said that when the sale to Microsoft DOS, and later did not think it can have such a great potential for development; although their current small business income is not high, but in line with the needs of their own "high-tech tinkerers" role. Patterson in the development of DOS, is still "Seattle Computer Products' jobs. After the sale to Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Patterson enter and participate in a corresponding development, the DOS transformed for the "MS-DOS". Although Patterson later sporadically involved in the development of Microsoft's other projects, but to make people remember his name product of course, only DOS.
Patterson recalls the last century the early 1990s, they pride themselves suddenly realized that "DOS has sold over one million units, and I is the earliest developers ah!"
Market research firm IDC analyst Al Gillen (Al Gillen) believes, DOS operating system in the history of the status of major development. He said: "It is with DOS, Microsoft only developed into today's software giants." Market research firm Directions on Microsoft analyst Michael Cherry (Michael Cherry) said, DOS traces in Windows until the year 2001 XP after the launch of termination.
Celli said the launch of Microsoft Office and other applications are still based on DOS. In Microsoft's first fiscal quarter ended September this year, sales of its Office division as high as $ 4.1 billion. Cherry also said, Office has been able to get popular, because it is the best way to ordinary office workers can use the Windows operating system. But Patterson then gradually fade out of the PC software development community. He founded the Patterson Technology has introduced a variety of small equipment in 2004, so some of the outdated digital video recorders will continue to work, such as the satellite TV receiver to automatically change channels and so on. Working at home Patterson said he likes to be repaired and improvements to existing technologies. He said: "What I really like to engage in some small inventions."
Gates know these names
Patterson said he first met with Gates and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen (Paul Allen) in 1979. Alan Patterson is the primary contact at Microsoft, Alan departure from Microsoft in 1983, and later became head of several professional sports teams. Although likely to be overshadowed by Gates light, but Allen still among the best in the "Forbes" magazine list of the richest in the world each year. Patterson said that after he had entered Microsoft, Gates has not been the relationship between the identity of the original creator of DOS vary special. He said:. "I'm just a developer only if the two of us encounter in the workplace, he knows my name."
Later, Patterson just any CEO Bill Gates in the conventional product presentation at the meeting to see. In 2000, Gates resigned from the CEO position, turn as chairman. Gates this summer, said it would significantly reduce weekly working time at Microsoft, and to focus more on the Gates Foundation was founded in 2000. Patterson said Gates at Microsoft has a unique personal charm, he can foresee the future development of the company, "Gates has a global vision, he understood what products should be developed, and to determine the company's direction."
In the mid 1980s, Paterson left Microsoft entrepreneurship, and in 1986 to 1988 and rejoined Microsoft; then left again, and re-joined in 1990, focused on the development of Microsoft's Visual Basic programming language. Patterson's explanation: "I was already married, the need to increase revenue."
After re-joining Microsoft, Patterson was told that if he has been left from the early 80s of the last century at Microsoft, in the hands of stock options enough to make him a millionaire, "I did not know the importance of stock options, do not know how to measure its value. "he then said he was leaving Microsoft in 1998, from the time, the resulting salary sufficient to meet the daily needs and dignity.
Questioned plagiarism
1999 film "Silicon Valley legend" (Pirates of Silicon Valley), tells the story of Microsoft and its main rival Apple's origin. In the movie, actor Alan played with Seattle Computer Products one called Rod Bullock (Rod Brock) head contact, wants to buy the DOS operating system from the hands of the latter. Movie Bullock asked: "Why should we buy?" When Allen reported a $ 50,000 bid, Bullock was surprised eyes widened.
Patterson expressed, described the movie and less accurate. Real life Bullock was the holder of Seattle Computer Products, had reached middle age. Patterson said: "Seattle Computer Products was small scale, and the main hardware business, a $ 50,000 bid is not low .DOS later can play a huge market value, and Microsoft put in huge human and material resources are inseparable." Pat Sen also said that made him more angry thing is, people have been claiming plagiarism of another DOS operating system CP / M.
Writer Harold Evans (Harold Evans) published in its 2004 "They created the United States of America" (They Made America), a book alleging plagiarism Patterson CP / M again. In 2005, Patterson and Evans filed legal action against the publisher, requires compensation for loss of reputation. But earlier this year, a judge dismissed the claims of Patterson, said in "they created the United States," a book published before, the industry has been the existence of similarities between DOS and CP / M questioned. Patterson also said that he had to "name" to discuss matters with Evans over, but given the suit was rejected by the court, there is nothing to discuss.
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Recently, Patterson sold all the stock they own, including Microsoft, Microsoft holds only a small amount of stock indirectly through mutual funds. He said he was not too concerned about Microsoft's news, "For me, Microsoft news and other technology companies reported no difference." (Moon)