Bill Gates reportedly rejected a touchscreen e-reader prototype in 1998

Bill Gates at the Comdex computer show in 1998. Unknown to many, Microsoft engineers way back in 1998 presented an e-reader prototype that featured a touch screen interface to Bill Gates, which was eventually turned down and dismissed because the founder thought it wasn't right. This interesting report and a few more are featured in Vanity Fair's “Microsoft's Downfall: Inside the Executive E-mails and Cannibalistic Culture That Felled a Tech Giant” report that was published yesterday. According to Kurt Eichenwald of Vanity Fair, in 1998, Microsoft had a prototype e-reader ready to go.

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