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  There was no doubt about it: I had discovered The Next Big
  Thing. Like Edison and the lightbulb, like Gates and the 
  pc operating system
Ouch.

I'll see your ouch and raise you one Gary Kildall.

Discovered. Not invented.

To clarify: Bill Gates discovered operating systems, and made a lot of money producing and selling them. He did not invent them.

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