• DocumentCode
    1513170
  • Title

    Family fortunes

  • Author

    Conti, Juan-Pablo

  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    60
  • Lastpage
    63
  • Abstract
    This paper shows how Mexico´s thriving communications industry has made Carlos Slim the world´s richest man. Basically, he came up with a clever threestep plan: first, write a user-friendly operating system and compatible office toolkit; second, get a critical mass of computer users hooked on it; and third, release a new version every couple of years.
  • Keywords
    operating systems (computers); software tools; Carlos Slim; communications industry; compatible office toolkit; computer users; user-friendly operating system;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering & Technology
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1750-9637
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    5483060