As you may of heard, Paul Allen, one of the most influential men of the business world, has died today of cancer. This allows us to reflect on the fascinating history of Microsoft, the company he cofounded with Bill Gates in 1975. Allen had struggled on and off with cancer for decades, first being diagnosed in 1982. What if his first fight with cancer proved fatal? The ramifications on Microsoft, still yet to be the titan it would become in the 90s, and the world of computers in general would be huge with one of the industry's most important figures gone in the infancy of the home computer age. What does the world of tech look like without Paul Allen's footprint?
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