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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.
2,242 Questions
Are their any honest rich people out their giving away money?
Yes, Bill Gates gives thousands away to charities every year.
There appears to be no evidence whatsoever that Gareth Gates is deceased.
What does it take to change the World?
It depends upon how man himself has changed or evolved with the last three centuries or how the earth itself has changed and evolved over the last 600,000,000 years.
Where did Bill Gates get his idea of Microsoft from?
He did not steal it, he bought it fair and square. Even in his wildest dreams there was no way to predict DOS would be as popular as it ended up being.
Why Microsoft got huge really quick?
1. IBM was coming out in full force with their first personal computer, the IBM PC.
2. IBM did NOT have software to run on it.
3. Bill Gates and company knew that whoever sold the software for the IBM PC would get filthy rich.
4. IBM did not give a crap about the software, they were interested in selling PCS.
5. Bill Gates and co. found out that the owner of CP/M would welcome a purchase offer.
6. Microsoft convinced IBM that they had the OS that would make the IBM PC rock.
7. IBM said sure, we'll buy it.
8. Microsoft said I'm sorry, you misunderstood us. We want to license it to you, on a per unit basis.
9. IBM said sure, why not?
10. Microsoft said oh, and we can sell it to anyone else we want.
11. IBM said sure, why we care? All we want is to sell PCs.
Microsoft turned around, purchased CP/M and used it as the basis for DOS. Then they sold to to anyone that wanted it.
That is why Microsoft got filthy rich.
They got even richer later with Windows, but they became a monster thanks to the licensing deal with IBM.
What was Microsoft's claim for fame before DOS? They wrote one of the very first BASIC interpreters for kit computers.
Bill Gates created Microsoft bringing together several components that make computers. His vision of computers gave us the computer world we have today.
Bill Gates is the person who founded Microsoft along side Paul Allen.
Where did Microsoft get started?
Even though Bill Gates and Paul Allen are from Seattle, Paul went to Albuquerque to accept a job at MITS since both of them had just written a BASIC compiler for the new MITS Altair 8800. Bill soon moved down there as well. Microsoft became an official business in Albuquerque in 1975, and in 1979 moved to Bellevue, WA, and in 1986, to its current home in Redmond, right beside Bellevue.
They started in New Mexico in 1975.
What is Bill Gates doing with his money?
Bill Gates has donated tons of money. When he dies he will donate most of the money to charity.
What are the names of Fleur and Bill's kids?
They have 2 daughters Victoire and Dominique and one son named Loius.
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Bill Gates is the son of William Henry Gates Jr. and Mary Maxwell. Follow the link to learn more.
In wizard101 how do go in the gates with the skulls on them?
if you are death wizard you go in at lvl 12 i believe... idk im myth. but i got in at like lvl 15. its the mission when you defeat the final boss in wizard city. then you can also do the dungeon, Sunken City. there is also a death tree and school for extra death spells and projects and cards.
How old is bill gates daughter?
Bill Gates elder daughter Jennifer Katharine Gates is 14 years old. She was born in 1996. His younger daughter Phoebe Adele Gates is 8 years old. She was born in 2002. His son Rory John Gates is 11 years old. He was born in 1999.
What charity does Bill Gates support?
He supports some kid's charities & his own, the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation.
Was Bill Gates a good student?
no, not at all....... he was not good at any subjects, none. oh, and not just him, but Steve jobs as well, OMG they both got a college dropout.
