Gates and Allen were among the earliest to recognize that computers
would become everyday appliances and had a shared vision of the
capability of the programmers at Microsoft. However, Gates greatly
misunderstood the global scope of computing and the number of employees
that would be needed at the firm as the growth rate of the firm
accelerated. Not only did Gates personally know many of the earliest
employees, he had also hired these individuals. And Gates firmly
believed that a company of 100 people—or fewer—could create enough
software to supply the entire global market. This underestimation meant
that the firm quickly grew past the point where Gates could know all the
employees, and even all the managers of products under development at Microsoft.
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