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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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How did Bill Gates become successful?
because of his hard work and his ability to create wonders dropped out of college
Is there anything named after Bill Gates?
He is currently having a building named after him at Carnegie Mellon University, called the Gates Building of Computer Science.
What is the yearly income for a cosmetologist?
Depends on location, and many other factors. If it's your first year plan on 20K... IF you're in a good salon. But your business is what YOU make it!!!
and also listen to your manager if your the maneger listen to yourself
Who did Bill Gates steal DOS from?
Instead of doing the OS themselves (as they had said), they went to a neighbouring company who was working on a direct rip-off of CP/M (that wasn't that good a rip-off either). This company was Seattle Computing and the product was QDOS (Quick & Dirty Operating System). MS bought all the rights for $50,000 (or $40K - $100K depending on who you talk to), and with a few changes the work was complete. Microsoft had, for a song, IBM-DOS and MS-DOS 1.0 (the same products, but different names).
http://www.mackido.com/History/History_DrDos.html
The first computer that I ever purchased, long before the IBM PC (8086 processor) was an AppleIIe Europlus with 48kb of ram. It came with Applesoft Basic, which was written by Microsoft and was the closest thing to DOS in terms of making the computer useable until they brought out Apple DOS 3.x . I believe I may still have the manuals for it.
While MSDos had the same front-end as CPM, it was an entirely different code. CPM was written for the Zilog Z80 processor. If you know anything at all about operating systems, you would know that you have to cut entirely different code for each processor. While it may be fashionable to constantly bag Microsoft, one should know what they are talking about. That code was generally written in machine code.
To say that PCDos/MSDos is a direct rip-off of CPM is like saying the Chevy Volt is a direct rip-off of a skaeboard.
When IBM had decided to produce a Personal Computer ('PC' is a term coined by IBM), they decided on having an open architecture machine (the guts are accessible and customizable through expansion slots) and as many off-the-shelf components as possible in order to get it into the market ASAP. CPM was owned by Digital Research, so some top guys from IBM in New York made an appointment to see the guys at DR (in San Francisco, I think). When the IBM guys arrived at DR after having flown across the country, the main person with whom the meeting was set up was out flying his private plane, and the other partner sent his wife to the door to tell the IBM folk that they were not interested! After some discussion, one of the IBM guys said he had heard of a guy named Bill Gates in Seattle who was very intelligent and experienced in MS Basic language and in operating systems, like Apple DOS.
They went up to Seattle after making an appointment with Bill Gates. They showed him the CPM manual and Bill already had one. They wanted an operating system for the Intel 8086 (?) with basically the same front end as CPM. Bill Gates said they could do the job. He discovered that Seattle Computer was working on an OS for the Intel chip and so contracted them to continue their coding but to have a similar front-end to CPM. The rest, as they say, is history.
Also, I believe that most versions of the Basic programming language came directly or indirectly from Microsoft.
If you want a really good read, go to your library and borrow Hard Drive, an account of Microsoft's early years. For quite a while, even though Bill Gates was the owner of the company, he paid two (?) of Microsoft's employees more than he paid himself.
The first Personal Computer was the ALTAR computer. It was only available in as an assemble it yourself kit. It used the CP/M operating system written by Gary Kidwell. Bill Gates bought one of them and learned how CP/M worked. He also saw the possibilities of personal computers. He realized that people who were not Geeks would want to be able to use computers and that they would want to be able to use programs simpler than CP/M. (One early word processing program, Word Star, tried to use as a selling point, "You can call your own machine language programs." What secretary is able to type a machine language program?)
As Personal Computers grew more popular, Bill Gates bought a small company producing an operating system compatible with CP/M and put out MS-DOS, a different operating system. He created other programs. He dropped out of Harvard and set up his business in his garage. When IBM set up their personal computer division, they made either MS-DOS or CP/M available. Since MS-Dos sold for a lot less, most people chose that as the operating system. Only people using some mini computers in their business that used CP/M chose to go with the more expensive CP/M. Of course when they could use programs the business owned, it was not more expensive.
When Gates came out with the Windows operating system, it really took off. At that time so did clones of the IBM computer. The prices of Personal Computers dropped. Gates had close to a monopoly on Operating Systems. No one had a monopoly on hardware. That is how he got so rich.
Now that Linux exists as an open source operating system and that Google has its own processing system with memory storage in the cloud, the future of Microsoft is debatable. Stay tuned.
How has Bill Gates changed the world?
Bill changed the world by making the software Microsoft and being the second richest person in the world
Is it legal for a store or restaurant not to accept bills larger than 20.00?
Yes. Apparently according to the Treasury department, it is legal for a store not to accept cash at all. Go figure.
What does Bill Gates actually do for a living?
Well, actually he doesn't really do anything. he worked all of his life to make computers and he suceded. now he is just rich as can be. he likes to help out charitys, and what-not, but he actually doesn't work or do anything nessary. he just does whatever pleases him at the moment, such as going to the movies.
In Seattle, Washington on Lake Washington at 1835 73rd Ave NE, Medina, WA 98039.
Is there a thousand dollar bill?
There is such a thing as a U.S. $1,000 bill, but none have been printed since the 1940s. To help combat organized crime, President Nixon issued an executive order in 1969 that banks were no longer allowed to distribute high-denomination bills. They remain legal tender however, but it wouldn't make much sense to spend one because they're usually worth more than $1000 as collectors' items.
Why are 2007 pennies worth more than 2006?
Two thousand and seven pennies are worth more than two thousand and six pennies. Its just common math.
Because 2007 pennies are more than 2006 pennies
for the fact that its simply one more. As in $20.07and $20.08.
because according to today's economic system in the U.S 2007 was the last year befor the recessin thus making them worth more
there is one penny extra if there are 2007 pennies than 2006 pennies
They costed more to make in 2007 than in 2006. Duh.
it depends on which way you look at it, if you say two thousand and seven pennies are worth more than two thousand and six pennies, then its math, but technicaly as prices in the world are going up and down, other things will be cheaper, say you had 2p, and there are 2p sweats, you can buy one, but your penny becomes worth more if the price goes down to 1p then you can buy two!!!!
Because it is 2,007 vs. 2,006
the person who typed the stuff above doesnt get it... the person who asked the question, is talking about the year 2007 not the number 2,007.. ( well I think the person who asked the question is talking about the year)
i am the person who wrote this Q i am Voleyballgirl i am talking about $$$ not the year
A new answer: If you are talking about US cents, I do not know of any reason why a 2007 cent should be worth anymore than a 2006 cent. Both have the same melt value (actual value of the metals contained in them) of $0.0038663 cents as of June 22, 2009. Both have the same composition and the same weight. They are the same except for the date.
Why did Bill Gates start Microsoft?
Bill Gates started Microsoft because he wanted to fufill his potential of a computer scientist. Also because of the money. He is now the richest man on the earth.
When did Bill Gates become a millionaire?
He become a Billionaire on 1986. So Millionaire Sometime In The Early To Mid 1980's when He Was in His Early To Mid 20's. Microsoft Was Registered As A Company In New Mexico In 1976.
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What is Bill Gates middle initial?
"H" is Bill Gates' middle initial. His full name is William Henry Gates III.
No. Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, is alive and well as of August 2014.
