'83 Comdex saw future through Windows
SeattlePI | at | by Mike
The year was 1983, and a 28-year-old software mogul named William Gates was invited to make his first keynote address at Comdex, the computer industry trade show. His father ran the slide projector as Gates spoke about such innovations as the computer mouse, which he predicted would become a standard tool for computer users.
"The only thing I worried about was the condensation on the slides, whether they would dry out properly or not," Gates recalled in a speech at the convention years later.