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Should Bill Gates have spent a little more time actually writing an operating system before selling one to IBM?

Fake it 'till you make it is often an important part of success.

I think the point is you can't fake it till you make it in medical science, and if you can, the outcomes usually aren't great.

But he did license them an OS that like worked, not a promissory note that may be like near Star Trek technology.