This is some lovely appreciation. Worth the read. And that first picture!
Bill Gates: What I loved about Paul Allen
This is some lovely appreciation. Worth the read. And that first picture!
Gates endearing comments about Allen are definitely worthy of reading.
I can’t vouch for its accuracy, but Pirates of Silicon Valley gives an interesting portrayal of a young Allen & Gates. It’s available on Amazon as DVD or Youtube rental for $2.99. Worth a watch if you’ve never seen it.
And then there’s this tidbit.
“Paul Allen was an exceedingly polite man who came across as not just shy, but wary. This always confused me because of his willingness to make such big financial bets. Why was he so wary of people? The origin story for that attitude can be found in Allen’s autobiography, where he wrote of overhearing Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer allegedly plotting to get back Allen’s Microsoft shares when he was dying in the early 80s.”
https://www.cringely.com/2018/10/16/remembering-paul-allen/
“Paul deserved more time in life. He would have made the most of it.”
Wow. Maybe that one day be said of each of us and all of us.