[lowtolerance]

Microsoft’s first product ever was a port. MS-DOS was literally just someone else’s product, rebranded. Bill Gates’ wealth was built on the backs of many, many people, many of whom he just flat-out screwed over. Microsoft was anti-competitive almost from the very start, that’s why Gates is wealthy, not because he built himself up from nothing.

[ahazred8ta]

MS made its money selling Bill's 4K/8K BASIC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_BASIC for six years before he bought QDOS/MSDOS