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    Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard but had a passion for computer programming. He co-founded Microsoft and developed the BASIC programming language for the Altair 8800 microcomputer. This led to deals with IBM to develop the PC-DOS operating system and later Microsoft Windows, making Microsoft the largest software company in the world. Gates is now one of the richest people and used his fortune to establish the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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    Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard but had a passion for computer programming. He co-founded Microsoft and developed the BASIC programming language for the Altair 8800 microcomputer. This led to deals with IBM to develop the PC-DOS operating system and later Microsoft Windows, making Microsoft the largest software company in the world. Gates is now one of the richest people and used his fortune to establish the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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    Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard but had a passion for computer programming. He co-founded Microsoft and developed the BASIC programming language for the Altair 8800 microcomputer. This led to deals with IBM to develop the PC-DOS operating system and later Microsoft Windows, making Microsoft the largest software company in the world. Gates is now one of the richest people and used his fortune to establish the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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    Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard but had a passion for computer programming. He co-founded Microsoft and developed the BASIC programming language for the Altair 8800 microcomputer. This led to deals with IBM to develop the PC-DOS operating system and later Microsoft Windows, making Microsoft the largest software company in the world. Gates is now one of the richest people and used his fortune to establish the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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    AN

    INSPIRING
    PERSONALIT
    Y
    BY VAIBHAV VIMAL OF GR8-
    B
    BILL GATES
    It was very much important for Bill gates to
    heed the lessons of failure in comparison to
    celebrating the joy of success. This great
    entrepreneur who has established Microsoft
    like the biggest software company is a
    dropout student from Harvard. Furthermore,
    he has also been known for his self-owned
    business figure known as    Traf-O-Data
    which was one of the biggest failures in
    history. The entire investment of Bill Gates
    got vanished and unfortunately, even the
    education could also not get completed. But,
    the keen desire and the passion for the
    computer programming-based stuff led him to
    establish such biggest software company with
    the brand name ‘Microsoft’. Right now he is
    one of the richest people in the world.
    PICTURE OF
    BILL GATES
    A QUOTE BY
    BILL GATES

     ”feel very lucky to get to connect with so many


    extraordinary people. Whenever I have the
    chance, I set aside a few minutes to share what
    I’m learning here on the Gates Notes. Thanks
    for reading ”
    .
    A VIDEO ABOUT BILL GATES
    Bill Gates success story
    • In 1975 Gates read an article in the January of Popular Electronics that
    demonstrated the Altair 8800, Gates contacted MITS, the creators of the new
    microcomputer, to inform them that he and others were working on a BASIC
    interpreter for the platform. Gates and Allen did not have any written code, they
    wanted to gauge the interest of MITS. They met with the MITS president and had
    developed an Altair emulator within few weeks to demonstrate on a minicomputer
    and then the BASIC interpreter. The demonstration was a success which lead onto
    a deal with MITS to distribute the interpreter as Altair BASIC. Paul Allen was
    hired into MITS and Gates took a leave of absence from Harvard to work with
    Allen in November 1975. They named their partnership Micro-Soft, a year later
    the hyphen was dropped, and on 26th of November 1976 the trade name Microsoft
    was registered.
    BM approached Microsoft to write a BASIC interpreter for the new IBM PC, Gates referred them
    to Digital Research as they required an operating system, but the discussions did not go well. So
    IBM representatives spoke with Gates around the discussions and he proposed using 86-DOS
    owned by SCP, an operating system similar to hardware similar to the PC. Microsoft made a deal
    with SCP to become the exclusive licensing agent, and later the full owner of 86-DOS. After
    adapting the operating system for the PC, Microsoft delivered it to IBM as PC DOS in exchange
    for a one time fee of $50,000.
    The sales of MS-DOS made Microsoft a major player in the industry. Despite IBM’s name on the
    operating system on the operating system, the press quickly identified Microsoft as being very
    influential on the new computer. The computer was called by an expert in the industry as “Gates
    computer”. The company was restructured on the 25th of June 1981, Gates become the president
    and board chairman.
    Microsoft launched its first retail version of Microsoft Windows on 20th November 1985 and
    struck a deal with IBM to develop a separate operating system called OS/2. IBM & Microsoft
    developed the first version of the new system successfully, but their partnership deteriorated due
    to creative differences.
    Microsoft has been growing ever since. The software and hardware products have
    been expanding from Windows OS, Microsoft Office Suites, Office 365, Xbox,
    Bing, Hotmail, the list goes on. It all began with the first idea, and then they built
    upon that.
    Since 1975 Microsoft has had a domination over the software market, Windows
    software is used in most companies. They have consistently kept up with the pace
    of change and that is why they remain the #1 software company in the world
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