But whoever made that decision, it was on the hardware side, not anyone at Microsoft.
Bill Gates' famous comment isn't really a decision though. As it's usually cited it's just an opinion - '640Kb should be enough for anyone' means "I don't think any programs will need more than that!". If someone at IBM decided that there should be 640Kb of available RAM for programs it's believable that Bill might have simply been agreeing with them.
The main thing that's annoying about the quote is that it's trotted out as an example of how Bill was wrong, as if being wrong is something terrible that he should be ashamed of decades later. That's nonsense. Being wrong is fine so long as you change your mind when you understand that you are wrong.
Bill Gates' famous comment isn't really a decision though. As it's usually cited it's just an opinion - '640Kb should be enough for anyone' means "I don't think any programs will need more than that!". If someone at IBM decided that there should be 640Kb of available RAM for programs it's believable that Bill might have simply been agreeing with them.
The main thing that's annoying about the quote is that it's trotted out as an example of how Bill was wrong, as if being wrong is something terrible that he should be ashamed of decades later. That's nonsense. Being wrong is fine so long as you change your mind when you understand that you are wrong.