I once heard the rumor that DONKEY.BAS was the last piece of code Bill Gates wrote himself at Microsoft. I wonder if it's true.
I have said it for a very long time, Gates wasn't innovative in technology but he absolutely innovated in bringing the most ruthless business practices into software.
And you may also want to correct this one about the Pancake Sorting algorithm he invented as a student that was not improved for another 30 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake_sorting#The_original_p...