When customers ask Bill Gates what first step improves value from their information systems and collaboration, he always answers "E-mail."
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What Gates always answers to customers is private conversation, though possibly echoed in his own writing.
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Bill Gates, “When customers ask Bill Gates what first step improves value from their information systems and collaboration, he always answers "E-mail."” (said 1999). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_7eed177d5c81, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_7eed177d5c81
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