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As Microsoft Turns 50, Four Employees Remember Its Early Days
"Microsoft built things. It broke things." That's how the Seattle Times kicks off a series of articles celebrating Microsoft's 50th anniversary — adding that Microsoft also gave some people "a lucrative retirement early in their lives, and their own stories to tell." What did they remember ...
Another, kinder phrase that pops to Oki's mind when discussing the international division he founded at Microsoft is "bringing home the bacon." But Gates gave Oki a $1 million budget to found the international division and sell Microsoft products overseas. Microsoft senior VP Brad Chase remembers negotiating with the Rolling Stones for the rights to their song "Start Me Up" for the Windows 95 ad campaign.
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