Saturday, June 17, 2006
Some Bill Gates History
--Jay at 03:50 PM--
Even if you aren’t technical, this Joel On Software piece, My First BillG Review, is well worth reading just for the Bill Gates anecdote and the bit of history. I may have first read Joel before I ever read my first blog, which possibly makes Joel, not Virginia, Joanne, or possibly Jerry, the first blog I ever read.
Yet I was unaware that Joel was behind VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), or the use of late binding and variants in the VB line. I am hugely impressed. With him and with the ability Gates showed in this product review and the management practices surrounding such reviews.