🎧 01:11:34 - 01:12:29 (00:55)

Using Microsoft's basic interpreter ensures compatibility and stability, eliminating the need for trial and error with potentially flawed clones. The founder's strategy is to create a positive spiral by removing reasons not to use Microsoft's basic interpreter, aiming for continuous success in a growing market. By gaining a slight advantage and compounding it through high technology products produced at scale, Microsoft anticipates staying ahead of competitors.

Ben Gilbert: didn't know that started this early. And one correction there, you don't know for a fact it's only going to run on Microsoft's basic interpreter, but you do know for a fact that it will run on Microsoft's Basic And so if it's cheap enough, why would you take the chance on a clone that might have one or two things wrong with it? Yes.

David Rosenthal: Basically, his vision is I want to remove any oxygen from any argument anyone could have about not using Microsoft's Basic on a microcomputer. He thinks about this concept a positive spiral that he really, in his mind, is the reason for Microsoft's success. He says, success reinforces success. In a growing market, one way of doing something gets a slight advantage over its competitors. This is most likely to happen with high technology products that can be made in great volume for a little increase in cost. And if you get that slight advantage, it'll compound. And this is what he's playing for here. And

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