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After Bill Gates and his friend Paul Allen made Microsoft, they wanted to goet it out there, so they told IBM about it who then wanted to see it. So, IBM took it and discussed it, not reaching a licensing agreement, but that Microsoft had to get a good operating system. Gates got 86-DOS, which is similar to CP/M and which Tim Paterson had made for hardware like a computer. Microsoft made a deal with them that he would be exclusive licensing agent, and later on become the full owner, of the operating system 86-DOS. Gates then insisted that IBM let Microsoft keep the copyright on 86-DOS, because other vendures werre believed to eventually clone IBM's system.
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Did bill gates sell the idea to ibm before he owned the writes to it?
i am pretty sure its a yes.
How much did it cost to start Microsoft?
Bill gates started his business by creating a DOS computer to sell to IBM for 50,000. His initials start up mpney isn't known
When and where was Bill Gates born?
Bill Gates came from a family of entrepreneurship and high-spirited liveliness. William Henry Gates III was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28th, 1955. His father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. His late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International.He had an early interest in software and began programming computers at the age of thirteen. In 1973, Bill Gates became a student at Harvard University, where he meet Steve Ballmer (now Microsoft's chief executive officer). While still a Harvard undergraduate, Bill Gates wrote a version of the programming language BASIC for the MITS Altair microcomputer.Did you know that as young teenagers Bill Gates and Paul Allen ran a small company called Traf-O-Data and sold a computer to the city of Seattle that could count city traffic?Bill Gates & MicrosoftIn 1975, before graduation Gates left Harvard to form Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. The pair planned to develop software for the newly emerging personal computer market.Bill Gate's company Microsoft became famous for their computer operating systems and killer business deals. For example, Bill Gates talked IBM into letting Microsoft retain the licensing rights to MS-DOS an operating system, that IBM needed for their new personal computer. Gates proceeded to make a fortune from the licensing of MS-DOS.On November 10, 1983, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, Microsoft Corporation formally announced Microsoft Windows, a next-generation operating system.On January 1, 1994, Bill Gates married Melinda French Gates. They have three children. Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, have endowed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with more than $28.8 billion (as of January 2005) to support philanthropic initiatives in the areas of global health and learning.
Who made the first Microsoft Windows computer made?
IBM manufactured the hardware. They also had their own operating system called IBM PC DOS, but licensed the very similar operating system provided by a little software company in Redmond, Washington founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen known as Microsoft. The "micro" referred to micro personal computers, which later just became known as PCs. "Micro" distinguished small, single user computers from multi user "mini" computers.
Did bill gates come up with the idea of windows?
Steve & Bill did work together, after they made DOS they decided to make a more user freindly GUI(pronounced Guwee)which is a Graphics User Interface. They played with the idea around then put the first windows out on the line, Steve resigned as co-founder of Microsoft shortly after due to health issues. They reason they called it windows was because of the idea of multiple user panes, that were evetually dubed windows. but in short, YES, it was his idea. But Steve did alot of the programing and mananging for it in the beginning.
Did Bill Gates work for IBM?
Yes!
What company did Bill Gates first agreed to Microsoft?
Ibm
When did Bill Gates start working for IBM?
Never. He was a founder of Microsoft.
When did Bill Gates work for IBM and what was his position?
Bill Gates never worked for IBM. He was the founder of Microsoft. But, Mircrosoft and IBM licensed MS-DOS for IBM's new IBM PC-AT. They then began working to develop, OS/2 a more advanced operating system. But Microsoft had different plans and IBM finished OS/2 by itself.
What did Bill Gates develop for IBM?
He developed the operating system for IBM's personal computers. It was called MS-DOS.
How did Bill Gates earn his money?
Bill Gates made a deeal with IBM to license the DOS (disk oprerating system) on every computer IBM. IBM thought that the money was in the hardware. But as profit margins fell on the hardware it turned out that Gates made the right choice. Pretty soon he had the rights to sell the operating system on every IBM compatible computer.
When did bill gates join apple?
Bill Gates didn't create PC's. That was IBM.
Which company approached Bill Gates to write an operating system program for its computer?
IBM
Did Bill Gates ever attempt to buy IBM?
No, Bill Gates did not attempt to buy IBM. As a publicly held and traded corporation, IBM is not a company that an individual could "buy" and take private. What "Wild" Bill did do was negotiate deals with them to the mutual benefit of both IBM and Microsoft. Both companies earned billions in profits by working together, by collaborating and taking advantage of each other's strengths and expertise.
Did bill gates invented Microsoft?
Bill Gates was the founder of Microsoft. It began as a small software company but worked with IBM at the beginning of the 1980s to develop the operating system for the IBM PC. The operating system was called "PC DOS" when supplied by IBM but Microsoft also marketed a completely compatible version known as "MS DOS". This was the operating system that was used on almost every IBM PC clone and so triggered the growth of Microsoft into the global market leader for operating systems.
Did bill gates sell the idea to ibm before he owned the writes to it?
i am pretty sure its a yes.
What device did bill gates create for computers?
Bill Gates and his company that didn't have a name at the time created DOS (disk operating system) for IBM. Actually they bought DOS from another company and made changes to it so it would work with the IBM PC
