"During one of those last long nights working to deliver DOS 2.0 in early 1983, I am told that Paul Allen heard Gates and Ballmer discussing his health and talking about how to get his Microsoft shares back if Allen were to die."
That's pretty low. Dunno if you've seen it yet. It explains alot about why Paul never went back to Microsoft.
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