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RE: LeoThread 2024-11-11 05:49

Keeping that mission in mind. In fact, when I joined in 92, we used to talk about a PC in every home and every desk as our mission. In retrospect, it was easy. You could put it on a spreadsheet and calculate it and what have you, except that by the late 90s, we have more or less achieved that, at least in the developed world. And I felt ever since then a little like, okay, what's our mission? Is it mission accomplished? Is it time to return all the money to the shareholders?

And so that's why I went back all the way, quite frankly, to the very genesis of the company. After all, we were a tools company first. Bill built the basic interpreter for the Altair. And I said, god, there's more need for tools and platforms in 2014, 2023. I'm coming from OpenAI's Dev Day. That's who we are, right at the core, we build tech so that others can build more tech. Let's ground ourselves in that mission. And that has been very, very helpful.