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Bill Gates
Bill Gates is the chairman and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. He was once the richest man on Earth.
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What are other people's opinions of bill gates?
No Bill Gates is not a rip off. He has made major contributions to the way we live in the modern society today. He has the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world, which is phenomenal and greatly appreciated. He started the company from bottom up, always making advancements in technology. His products are every where in every store that carries electronics. Don't believe it, go look and see all the Microsoft products.
What percent of Bill Gates's Money is going to his family?
Very little. Bill Gates plans to give his money to charity. While he will no doubt make sure his children get a good education, he wants them to become self-sufficient and make their own money.
What software was sent bill gates on his way to becoming one of the richest men in the world?
Several pieces of software helped to position where Bill Gates is now. Although not terribly relevant today in it's own right, I think BASIC probably helped him in the right direction. IBM asked Microsoft to port BASIC to their IBM PC. Since Digital Research did not license CP/M to IBM, and Microsoft had a working relationship with them, they were asked to write the system's software. Microsft bought the rights to QDOS, made some changes, and it became known as PC-DOS. IBM did not stop Microsoft from selling the software to other companies, so they did, renamed as "MS-DOS." And so Microsoft began gaining money, because of the growth of the IBM PC-clone industry.
What is bill gates latest invention?
Bill Gates is now a retired philanthropist, trying to create better living conditions for underprivileged peoples in the world, mostly by increasing easy access to vaccines in areas of the world where they are unknown, and easily preventable diseases still kill thousands.
What was the name of the first company bill gates owned?
Traf-O-Data, a company he formed with Paul Allen that aimed to provide high-tech traffic counting solutions.
How old was Bill Gates when he first worked with computers?
In 1968, when Bill Gates was Thirteen, he enrolled in Lakeside School, a prestigious preparatory school in Washington. It was at Lakeside that he first used and programmed a computer - namely he used computer time leased from General Electric. There he wrote his first program in BASIC, and there he met his future partner Paul Allen.
How old will Microsoft be in the year 2008?
Microsoft was founded in April 4, 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Hence, Microsoft will be 33 years old in the year 2008. - erywin
How much does Bill Gates get paid per week?
Bill Gates, the founder of the Windows operating system, is one of the few billionares of the United States. In 1995 Bill Gates bought 82 million dollars worth of stocks in a fast food Chinese franchise, Wang Burger. While his salary is a private matter of windows security, we can deduce from his spending habits that he gets payed 18 billion dollars a week. He also receives 200 Wang burgers with each pay check.
Did Bill Gates invent the XBOX360?
Yes, Bill Gate created all the Microsoft products.
But maybe not Windows 7.
Did bill gates steal the idea for microsoft?
Bill Gates founded Windows, a company that created Microsoft. Bill Gates invented Microsoft in 1975 when he was 20 years old.
This is largely inaccurate. Bill Gates founded a software company called "Microsoft" in April 1975, when he was 19, along with Paul Allen. They started off working on a version of the programming language "Basic".
Later they sold a version of the operating system DOS (called MS-DOS) to IBM to launch on the new IBM personal computer (PC). This took off in a big way and many competitors developed computer hardware which were compatible with the IBM machine. These computers are the ones now called just "PCs".
Several years later, faced with the popularity of the Apple and its user interface, Microsoft developed a similar one for the PC and called it "Windows". The first couple of attempts did not really succeed, as most users were happy to stick with the old DOS way of doing things. Then Windows 3 came along and the Windows 3.1 which made several things (e.g. networking) much easier than on the old DOS basis.
Since then many people (thousands - literally) have worked on one version or another of the Windows software. At the time of writing Microsoft (the company) are preparing to release version 8 of Windows.
The original version of DOS which Gates and Allen sold to IBM was closely based on the work of another company, which Gates bought in. All later versions of DOS and all versions of Windows are not the "invention" of Bill Gates. He was, however, the person who saw the opportunities for all these changes and drove them through.
So - in short - Bill Gates (together with Paul Allen) founded Microsoft the company. At the guiding technical spirit, he helped drive the development of the Microsoft version of the WIMP user interface. However, the Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer way of doing things was invented at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and first popularized by Steve Jobs Apple company.
How much money does Bill Gates get per second?
Too much!!!
From the economics category: "Too much money" is subjective :-). Also, for the answer! If we assume his current net worth ($57B) over the course of his life (which I calculate from his birthday to the time I am writing this, 3:32EST on December 29th, 2008. Basically, it's ~1,678,030,008 seconds), we come to 33.9684033 dollars per second. Now we have to realize this is how much money he has made per second if we average out his current net worth over his entire life. Basically, this says that for every second Bill Gates has been alive, he has made almost $34.
If we take from the time Microsoft got big to now, the figure would obviously be much larger, probably around double that.
20500 i think well im pretty sure because i have been by there a couple of times
Did Bill Gates ever work for Steve Jobs?
Probably not.
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The correct answer is yes. Its more of "Bill Gates worked FOR Steve Jobs", not "WITH".
How much money did Bill Gates start his own business with?
Like all big things , he started with a little money and did well.
How much of Apple does Bill Gates own?
He owned just over 1 billion shares of Microsoft, as of Sept. 9, 2005, according to the company's most recent filing detailing those ownerships. That amounts to 9.6 percent of shares outstanding.
Does Bill Gates own some of Sony?
yes he does he was 1 of the people to start sony corporation as a company he invested money and wrote codes for there pcs and gave special windows software coding in sony laptops
What software made Bill Gates rich?
The PC-DOS operating system Microsoft sold to IBM for its PC, then to every other computer builder who wanted it, made Bill Gates rich. Windows only made him richer.
Does bill gates have aspergers?
The only way to answer this question with certainty is by asking Bill Gates' doctor. And unless that doctor has screened him for Asperger's (commonly referred to as AS, for Asperger's Syndrome), even he couldn't say for sure.
To qualify for an Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis, one has to meet several psychological and behavioral criteria.
Diagnosing Asperger's is normally done through clinical observation, interviewing of the patient and various other tests.
Here are the official criteria used by psychologists to diagnose Asperger's:
[From Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM IV]
"(I) Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following:
(A) marked impairments in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body posture, and gestures to regulate social interaction
(B) failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental level
(C) a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interest or achievements with other people, (e.g.. by a lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out objects of interest to other people)
(D) lack of social or emotional reciprocity
(II) Restricted repetitive & stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests and activities, as manifested by at least one of the following:
(A) encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of interest that is abnormal either in intensity or focus
(B) apparently inflexible adherence to specific, nonfunctional routines or rituals
(C) stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g. hand or finger flapping or twisting, or complex whole-body movements)
(D) persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
(III) The disturbance causes clinically significant impairments in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
(IV) There is no clinically significant general delay in language (E.G. single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years)
(V) There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self help skills, adaptive behavior (other than in social interaction) and curiosity about the environment in childhood.
(VI) Criteria are not met for another specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder or Schizophrenia."
Whether Bill Gates displays these symptoms is certainly debatable. But here are some examples of where he might fall on the spectrum:
** He failed to develop peer relationships, for example, preferring to bond with older students and associates. (Criterion I.B.)
** He's noted for ignoring the opinions and feelings of others. (I.D.) This lack of empathy and awareness of other perspectives/opinions has possibly led to multiple lawsuits against Microsoft for its super-aggressive infringement on competitors' legal rights.
** Single-minded pursuit of computer expertise at the expense of all other interests, including graduating from college (II.A.)
** Gates' noted rocking is not debatable. (II.C.)
Behavioral analysts familiar with Aspergian behaviors also note a general lack of fashion sense (or "trend awareness"). Gates' appearance has long been noted for its "nerdiness," which is unusual for someone so wealthy and powerful.
The list of indicators for Gates being Aspergian goes on.
However, there is one indisputable counter argument: No doctor has officially diagnosed Bill Gates. And until that happens, it's impossible to say whether or not he's an Aspergian. There are certainly good arguments to be made for, and against, such a diagnosis.
But even with clinical diagnoses, a diagnosis often comes down to somewhat subjective observations and analysis.
Who did bill gates talk into letting him create an operating system?
DOS has been developed by Mr. Patersen for Microsoft..
Bill is his nickname. His real name is William Henry Gates III.
