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.^ But Microsoft chairman Bill Gates refused to do so here this week.- Bill Gates: News & Videos about Bill Gates - CNN.com 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC topics.edition.cnn.com [Source type: News]
^ William Henry Gates III was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955 to wealthy parents.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ William Henry Gates III was born October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington, to a family with a rich history in business, politics, and community service.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
.^ He is ranked consistently one of the world's wealthiest people[4] and the wealthiest overall as of 2009.- The Becker-Posner Blog: Bill Gates on Corporate Philanthropy--Posner 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.becker-posner-blog.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8 percent of the common stock.- The Becker-Posner Blog: Bill Gates on Corporate Philanthropy--Posner 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.becker-posner-blog.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Gates was clearly relishing his new role as chief software architect.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
[5] .^ He has also authored or co-authored several books.
^ With David Culler and Jaswinder Pal Singh, he co-authored the book "Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware-Software Approach" in 1998.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution.- The Becker-Posner Blog: Bill Gates on Corporate Philanthropy--Posner 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.becker-posner-blog.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ That was the private Lakeside School, now known as the place where Bill Gates discovered computers.- Raising Bill Gates - WSJ.com 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC online.wsj.com [Source type: General]
^ Bill Gates is probably best known for his nerdiness, followed by his alleged arrogance and greed.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Although he is admired by many, a number of industry insiders criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts (see Criticism of Microsoft ).
^ Although he is admired by many, a large number of industry insiders criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Although he is admired by many, a number of industry insiders criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts.- The Becker-Posner Blog: Bill Gates on Corporate Philanthropy--Posner 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.becker-posner-blog.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[6][7] In the later stages of his career, Gates has pursued a number of
philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
.^ Lu reports to Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ But Microsoft chairman Bill Gates refused to do so here this week.- Bill Gates: News & Videos about Bill Gates - CNN.com 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC topics.edition.cnn.com [Source type: News]
^ Bill Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January, 2000.
.^ News conference announcing plans for full-time philanthropy work and part-time Microsoft work, June 15, 2006, Redmond, Wash.- The quotable Bill Gates: In his own words 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.computerworld.com [Source type: General]
^ Bill would have the opportunity to spend all his time on charity work (go Bill and Melinda!- Mini-Microsoft: Bill Gates Will Retire. One Day. Kinda. 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC minimsft.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
^ Bill Gates, would you be an asshole?- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Craig Mundie is chief research and strategy officer of Microsoft Corp., reporting to CEO Steve Ballmer.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He gradually transferred his duties to Ray Ozzie, chief software architect and Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer.- The Becker-Posner Blog: Bill Gates on Corporate Philanthropy--Posner 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.becker-posner-blog.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Chief technology Officer, Ray Ozzie follows the "Microsoft Method" too.- Presentation Zen: Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC presentationzen.blogs.com [Source type: General]
.^ June 29, 2008 at 9:27 PM .- Bill Gates: Entrepreneur, Manager, and Leader - BV Krishnamurthy - Harvard Business Review 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC blogs.harvardbusiness.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008.
^ He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman.
Early life
Gates was born in
Seattle,
Washington, to
William H. Gates, Sr. and
Mary Maxwell Gates, of
English,
German, and
Scotch-Irish descent.
[8][9] .^ His family was upper middle class; his father was a prominent lawyer, his mother served on the board of directors for First Interstate BancSystem and the United Way , and her father, J. W. Maxwell, was a national bank president.
^ His mother, Mary Maxwell Gates (1929-1994), was the daughter of J.W. Maxwell, a national bank president.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ His mother, Mary, is a University of Washington regent and a director of First Interstate Bank.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Gates has one older sister, Kristi (Kristianne) and one younger sister, Libby (now Libby Armintrout).- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Gates has one elder sister, Kristi (Kristianne), and one younger sister, Libby.
.^ He was the fourth of his name in his family but was known as William Gates III or “Trey” because his father had dropped his own “III” suffix.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ My family calls me Trey because I'm William the third.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ He was the fourth of his name in his family, but was known as William Gates III or "Trey" because his father had dropped his own "III" suffix.
[10] .^ Early on in his life, Gates' parents had a law career in mind for him.
^ He uses Bill Gates life as an example, showing how a series of small starts pushed him towards starting one of the largest companies in the world.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
^ Adam Rulli-Gibbs September 14th, 2009 4:09 pm Perhaps the luckiest break Bill Gates got was to find something so profitable and so interesting to him, so early in life.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
[11]At 13 he enrolled in the
Lakeside School, an exclusive preparatory school.
[12] .^ When he was in the eighth grade, the Mothers Club at the school used proceeds from Lakeside School's rummage sale to buy an ASR-33 teletype terminal and a block of computer time on a General Electric (GE) computer for the school's students.
^ To assure Lakeside’s students wouldn’t be left behind, the school held a fund-raiser and, with the proceeds, rented what it thought would be a year’s worth of time on a computer owned by General Electric.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
^ That was the private Lakeside School, now known as the place where Bill Gates discovered computers.
[13] .^ Gates took an interest in programming the GE system in BASIC and was excused from math classes to pursue his interest.
^ Over the summer, Gates and Allen wrote the program, which coincidentally assured that Gates was assigned to classes with mostly girls—a sequence straight out of a nerd’s revenge movie.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
^ Intrigued, Bill Gates called the new microcomputer’s creators, Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), to demonstrate the programming language he had written for the system.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He wrote his first computer program on this machine: an implementation of tic-tac-toe that allowed users to play games against the computer.
^ I am not saying that all software company got together in the dark corner and conspire against users of computer programs.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It is designed to allow the user to get work done with minimal distraction from the computer itself.- Bill Gates Sucks! 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC toastytech.com [Source type: General]
.^ GATES: How would they know?- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Gates was fascinated by the machine and how it would always execute software code perfectly.
^ GATES: [Laughs] The washing machine example is extreme, but people do sometimes kid us that we see an opportunity to sell our software in broad areas.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ When he reflected back on that moment, he commented on it and said, "There was just something neat about the machine."
^ You probably would have said the same thing about IBMs dominance, back when Microsoft was starting.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
^ There was a time when computers had a bloody nightmare just getting organized, and we needed something massive force stuff into some kind of order.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
[14] .^ Didn’t he use the time on Harvard’s PDP-10 from his student account, which conditions specifically forbid commercial use, and never paid for it?- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He also has worked in several other areas at Microsoft, including networking, operating systems and developer tools, where he previously served as general manager for Visual Studio.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He and three fellow students (including future Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen) were banned for one summer after they were caught exploiting bugs in a computer operating system to obtain free computer time.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ At the end of the ban, the four students offered to find bugs in CCC's software in exchange for computer time.
^ He and three fellow students (including future Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen) were banned for one summer after they were caught exploiting bugs in a computer operating system to obtain free computer time.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ One of these systems was a PDP-10 belonging to Computer Center Corporation (CCC), which banned four Lakeside students—Gates, Paul Allen , Ric Weiland , and Kent Evans—for the summer after it caught them exploiting bugs in the operating system to obtain free computer time.
[15].^ At the end of the ban, the four students offered to find bugs in CCC's software in exchange for computer time.
^ One of these systems was a PDP-10 belonging to Computer Center Corporation (CCC), which banned four Lakeside students—Gates, Paul Allen , Ric Weiland , and Kent Evans—for the summer after it caught them exploiting bugs in the operating system to obtain free computer time.
^ If the deal goes through, it will be the first time a computer software company has acquired a major world religion.
.^ From 2002 to 2006, he served as corporate vice president of Office Program Management, overseeing the planning and design activities for future versions of the system.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Intrigued, Bill Gates called the new microcomputer’s creators, Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), to demonstrate the programming language he had written for the system.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In addition at that time software was generally easily availible it was BillG who really mastered putting "gates" around source code.- Mini-Microsoft: Bill Gates Will Retire. One Day. Kinda. 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC minimsft.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
.^ The arrangement with CCC continued until 1970, when the company went out of business.
^ I can't wait until the day NO ONE can access their site and they go out of business because they are too stupid to survive.- Bill Gates Sucks! 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC toastytech.com [Source type: General]
^ And that company probably competes directly with Microsoft so I will support the underdog in this case...until Microsoft comes out with a better product.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The following year, Information Sciences Inc.
hired the four
.^ To assure Lakeside’s students wouldn’t be left behind, the school held a fund-raiser and, with the proceeds, rented what it thought would be a year’s worth of time on a computer owned by General Electric.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
.^ After his administrators became aware of his programming abilities, Gates wrote the school's computer program to schedule students in classes.
^ He wrote his first computer program on this machine: an implementation of tic-tac-toe that allowed users to play games against the computer.
^ Over the summer, Gates and Allen wrote the program, which coincidentally assured that Gates was assigned to classes with mostly girls—a sequence straight out of a nerd’s revenge movie.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
.^ He modified the code so that he was placed in classes with mostly female students.
.^ He later stated that "it was hard to tear myself away from a machine at which I could so unambiguously demonstrate success."
[14] .^ And in what would become his first major collaboration with Paul Allen, his future Microsoft cofounder, Mr. Gates designed the "Traf-O-Data", a device for counting cars traveling over a section of road.
^ Gates and Allen were relatively unchallenged in computer programming, as so few people their age had access to computers while in school, .- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
[16] .^ In early 1973, Bill Gates served as a congressional page in the U.S. House of Representatives.
^ The latter is listed at snopes.com as an urban legend, and Gates has addressed the 640K quote in interviews (see more coverage on our "Bill Gates Moves On" page) .- The quotable Bill Gates: In his own words 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.computerworld.com [Source type: General]
^ If Bill Gates believes that there are profits to be made serving the poor, he has tens of billions of dollars at his disposal to make that happen.- Bill Gates Was Creative at Microsoft 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC cafehayek.com [Source type: Original source]
[17]
Bill Gates' mugshot from a traffic violation in 1977
.^ Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ There he met his future business partner, Steve Ballmer, whom he later appointed as CEO of Microsoft.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Steve Ballmer became Microsoft’s president and CEO. .- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[20] .^ I had spent a lot of time up there."- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He did not have a definite study plan while a student at Harvard 23 and spent a lot of time using the school's computers.
^ And a lot of the kids did, because kids tend to use computers more.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ He remained in contact with Paul Allen, joining him at Honeywell during the summer of 1974.
^ The following year saw the release of the MITS Altair 8800 based on the Intel 8080 CPU , and Gates and Allen saw this as the opportunity to start their own computer software company.
^ The company was started by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[23] .^ He had talked this decision over with his parents, who were supportive of him after seeing how much Gates wanted to start a company.
^ I wanted to talk more about the company.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Gates is not only a workaholic, but someone who loves his company more than any other CEO I've ever seen and has a competitive streak that's second to none.- Bill Gates will never leave Microsoft | ITworld 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.itworld.com [Source type: General]
[21]
Microsoft
BASIC
MITS Altair 8800 Computer with 8-inch (200 mm) floppy disk system
.^ Intrigued, Bill Gates called the new microcomputer’s creators, Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), to demonstrate the programming language he had written for the system.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ MITS Altair 8800 Computer with 8-inch (200 mm) floppy disk system After reading the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics that demonstrated the Altair 8800 , Gates contacted Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), the creators of the new microcomputer, to inform them that he and others were working on a BASIC interpreter for the platform.
^ The January 1, 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featured an article that demonstrated the Altair 8800.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[24] .^ In reality, Gates and Allen did not have an Altair and had not written code for it; they merely wanted to gauge MITS's interest.
^ Gates and Allen were just trying to gauge interest from the company.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
^ The story of Bill Gates is really interesting.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
.^ While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Rick, you might confirm your sources for “At the meeting eight weeks later, the program worked perfectly”, because Steven Levy’s Hackers (and other accounts) suggest “The BASIC was far from a working version, but it was close enough to completion and its routines were sufficiently clever to impress Ed Roberts.” .- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
^ If they’re my age or younger, I’m sure a title change to “The 80 Hour Gaming Week” would have motivated a few of them… lol .- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
.^ The demonstration, held at MITS's offices in Albuquerque, was a success and resulted in a deal with MITS to distribute the interpreter as Altair BASIC .
^ Impressed by the demonstration, MITS agreed to distribute Altair BASIC. .- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ MITS Altair 8800 Computer with 8-inch (200 mm) floppy disk system After reading the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics that demonstrated the Altair 8800 , Gates contacted Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), the creators of the new microcomputer, to inform them that he and others were working on a BASIC interpreter for the platform.
.^ Paul Allen was hired into MITS, 27 and Gates took a leave of absence from Harvard to work with Allen at MITS in Albuquerque in November 1975.
^ Most references (including Wikipedia) state that Bill Gates took a leave of absence from Harvard in 1975 and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where MITS was located.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque on April 4, 1975.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[25] .^ Within a year, the hyphen was dropped, and on November 26, 1976, the trade name "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico.
^ In Washington State, Microsoft is represented on the Washington News Council , established by John Hamer ( picture ) and his wife, Mariana Parks.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Gates entered Harvard in 1973, and dropped out two years later when he and Allen wrote a version of BASIC computer language that worked on the new Altair computer.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
[25] Gates never returned to Harvard to complete his studies.
.^ Microsoft 's BASIC was popular with computer hobbyists, but Gates discovered that a pre-market copy had leaked into the community and was being widely copied and distributed.
^ Earlier this week , Peter Moore mentioned a previous Microsoft endeavor into motion-oriented controllers received a "muted" response from gamers and the development community.- Bill Gates Not Sold On Motion Controllers: News from 1UP.com 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.1up.com [Source type: General]
^ That was the private Lakeside School, now known as the place where Bill Gates discovered computers.
.^ In February 1976, Gates wrote an Open Letter to Hobbyists in the MITS newsletter saying that MITS could not continue to produce, distribute, and maintain high-quality software without payment.
^ It was Gates who, in 1976, published a kind of manifesto, "An Open Letter to Hobbyists," in an early computer hobbyist newsletter, which asserted for the first time that software, like hardware, was a valuable commodity - it was intellectual property, and as such its creators deserve to be compensated.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
^ GATES: If you define the term narrowly enough, you could say yes.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
[26] .^ Nevertheless, Bill Gates, through Microsoft, has done a lot to shape the IT industry, from computers to software to the Internet.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It is interesting that most hackers hate Bill Gates not so much because he stole computer time, but rather because he wanted to *sell* software.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In a Purdue University alt.folklore.computers newsgroup discussion (“Open Letter to Hobbyists,” February 21, 1999), one person writes, .- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Microsoft became independent of MITS in late 1976, and it continued to develop programming language software for various systems.
^ Rather than use the system via teletype, Gates went to CCC's offices and studied source code for various programs that ran on the system, including programs in FORTRAN , LISP , and machine language .
^ In February 1976, Gates wrote an Open Letter to Hobbyists in the MITS newsletter saying that MITS could not continue to produce, distribute, and maintain high-quality software without payment.
[25] The company moved from Albuquerque to its new home in
Bellevue, Washington on January 1, 1979.
[24]
.^ In Education Products & Solutions, he is responsible for leading Microsoft's education efforts across the company and bringing to market education solutions in both developed and emerging markets.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Why Ballmer should leave Microsoft It starts with: " (Business 2.0) - Now that Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has started his two-year goodbye from a day-to-day role at the company, it's time for CEO Steve Ballmer to set a resignation date, too.- Mini-Microsoft: Bill Gates Will Retire. One Day. Kinda. 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC minimsft.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
^ In this role, Simon is responsible for overseeing overall business operations and for developing and implementing a regional strategy for Microsoft.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Gates oversaw the business details, but continued to write code as well.
^ But the investigation continues, and Gates has other problems as well.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ His troubles began when a lab administrator discovered that Gates was using the Aiken computer to write computer code for a New Mexico company.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ In the first five years, he personally reviewed every line of code the company shipped, and often rewrote parts of it as he saw fit.
^ He has not officially been on a development team since working on the TRS-80 Model 100 line , but wrote code as late as 1989 that shipped in the company's products.
^ Section 2 says: "Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States ...- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
[27]
IBM partnership
.^ It timely grabbed the PC market, standardized everything, and helped make personal computing ubiquitous.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Microsoft's goal is to provide an integrated platform to enable a seamless experience across a wide range of computing and non-PC devices and services.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ That reversal hasn't yet come to Microsoft , whose 90%-plus share of the personal computer software market has made it a cash machine.
.^ When IBM's representatives mentioned that they needed an operating system , Gates referred them to Digital Research (DRI), makers of the widely used CP/M operating system.
^ In 1980, IBM contacted both Microsoft and Digital Research (DRI) in its quest for a computer operating system.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ IBM representative Jack Sams mentioned the licensing difficulties during a subsequent meeting with Gates and told him to get an acceptable operating system.
[28] .^ Third, he went on, "The court said that if you can prove that they did it not for efficiency purposes but for anticompetitive purposes, that trumps everything.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In 1980, IBM contacted both Microsoft and Digital Research (DRI) in its quest for a computer operating system.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Later in the article, they explain how Apple could have done the same as IBM and licensed their OS, thereby becoming the mass market standard besides the quality standard.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ It was because of IBM's big mistake--giving Microsoft control of the operating system on every PC." - the nog Yes and no.- Mini-Microsoft: Bill Gates Will Retire. One Day. Kinda. 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC minimsft.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
^ The success of both the IBM PC and the Microsoft Disc Operating System (or MS-DOS)—and the sweetheart deal that let Microsoft retain rights to its software—is what ultimately made Bill Gates the richest man on the planet.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
^ Gates: Well, just to do the second part very succinctly, there's many, many forms of Linux operating systems out there, and packaged in different ways, and booted in different ways.- Bill Gates offers the world a physics lesson | Beyond Binary - CNET News 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC news.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ Vista will upgrade 90% of the worlds operating systems used on the computers.
^ You were given the right to license MS-DOS by IBM because it thought the future was in hardware, not in software or operating systems.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ They used IBM PCs (almost exclusively).- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
[29] .^ They did, and the sales of MS-DOS made Microsoft a major player in the industry.
^ Otherwise, Microsoft would now be merely "that company that made DOS, back in the day", and no more.- Mini-Microsoft: Bill Gates Will Retire. One Day. Kinda. 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC minimsft.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
^ It may look like MS has to do a bunch at first but most of it is stuff that they should have been doing from day 1.- Bill Gates Sucks! 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC toastytech.com [Source type: General]
[30]
Windows
.^ From the audience, Gates was asked about public opinion, about the growing sense, not only in Washington but in the industry at large, that Microsoft was wielding its power too wantonly.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In that role, he worked with Chairman Bill Gates to develop Microsoft's global strategies around technical, business and policy issues.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ After that date, Gates would continue to serve as Microsoft’s chairman and an advisor on key development projects.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[24] .^ The Microsoft the world leader in windows operating systems launched windows vista for business on Thursday.
^ And although Draft 18 would let Microsoft add new features to Windows - features like Web browsing, which had provoked this lawsuit in the first place - PC makers would have the right to demand versions of the operating system without those features; and they would also be able to license the Windows source code, so they could modify the desktop, integrate rival software, or add features of their choosing.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He managed projects that catalyzed the development of Microsoft's interactive TV system and also directed Microsoft's first e-commerce group.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Although the two companies successfully developed the first version of the new system, mounting creative differences undermined the partnership.
^ Microsoft launched its first retail version of Microsoft Windows on November 20, 1985, and in August, the company struck a deal with IBM to develop a separate operating system called OS/2 .
^ This is a huge difference from the Windows version that puts 99% of itself in the Windows system folder.- Bill Gates Sucks! 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC toastytech.com [Source type: General]
.^ "May 16, 1991 internal strategies memo from Bill Gates" .
^ Gates distributed an internal memo on May 16, 1991, announcing that the OS/2 partnership was over and Microsoft would shift its efforts to the Windows NT kernel development.
^ This would exist in the standard distribution of Windows.- Bill Gates Sucks! 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC toastytech.com [Source type: General]
[31]
Management style
.^ What Microsoft found out - or thought it found out - was that the suit the DOJ intended to bring wasn't nearly as sweeping as the company had feared.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In Education Products & Solutions, he is responsible for leading Microsoft's education efforts across the company and bringing to market education solutions in both developed and emerging markets.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ As senior vice president of the Office Productivity Applications Group at Microsoft, Antoine Leblond is responsible for overseeing the design, development and testing of the Microsoft Office suite of productivity applications and services.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He aggressively broadened the company's range of products, and wherever Microsoft achieved a dominant position he vigorously defended it.
^ His four-year tenure in that position culminated in the launch of the popular Microsoft Windows 3.0 operating system and Microsoft Office products.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Allard helped shape the company's Internet strategy, has shipped over 30 products at Microsoft and was a founding member of the Xbox, Windows NT and TCP/IP product families.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Gates's role at Microsoft for most of its history was primarily a management and executive role.
^ As an executive, Gates met regularly with Microsoft's senior managers and program managers.
^ In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's chief executive officer.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Firsthand accounts of these meetings describe him as verbally combative, berating managers for perceived holes in their business strategies or proposals that placed the company's long-term interests at risk.
^ Courtois' leadership reflects these values and his deep personal commitment to customer and partner satisfaction, which results from long-term and trust-based relationships.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Gates described MICROSOFT’s long-term strategy to develop a scalable religious architecture that will support all religions through emulation.
[32][33] .^ In other words, this is the stupidist f'ing thing I've ever heard.- Mini-Microsoft: Bill Gates Will Retire. One Day. Kinda. 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC minimsft.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
^ I've seen, heard rumors of, and helped spread unsubstantiated gossip about several such busts over the last decade at MS. .- Mini-Microsoft: Bill Gates Will Retire. One Day. Kinda. 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC minimsft.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
^ I've heard that Gates really is borderline autistic, and I believe it, having seen him at company picnics and such.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
[34] and, "Why don't you just give up your
options and join the
Peace Corps?"
[35] The target of his outburst then had to defend the proposal in detail until, hopefully, Gates was fully convinced.
[34] When subordinates appeared to be procrastinating, he was known to remark sarcastically, "I'll do it over the weekend."
[3][36][37]
.^ Gates's role at Microsoft for most of its history was primarily a management and executive role.
^ As an executive, Gates met regularly with Microsoft's senior managers and program managers.
^ In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's chief executive officer.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ However, he was an active software developer in the early years, particularly on the company's programming language products.
^ He has not officially been on a development team since working on the TRS-80 Model 100 line , but wrote code as late as 1989 that shipped in the company's products.
^ Early in his career at the software company, Capossela worked as a product manager for Microsoft Visual FoxPro and Access; he spent three years as a program manager for Access, the company's database management program and a key product in the Microsoft Office System.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ In this role, he also coordinated the Office application and shared technology development teams through the product delivery cycle.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In Education Products & Solutions, he is responsible for leading Microsoft's education efforts across the company and bringing to market education solutions in both developed and emerging markets.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ His team was responsible for development and transfer of many key technologies to product groups.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[36] .^ Thursday, June 15, 2006 .- Mini-Microsoft: Bill Gates Will Retire. One Day. Kinda. 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC minimsft.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
^ In June, 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation .
^ Spend some more time on it next time.- TMO Reports - Gates Doubts iPod a Microsoft Employee Favorite; "iPod's a Great Success" || The Mac Observer 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.macobserver.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He divided his responsibilities between two successors, placing Ray Ozzie in charge of day-to-day management and Craig Mundie in charge of long-term product strategy.
^ Mundie is responsible for directing the company's technical strategy and long-term investments.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Firsthand accounts of these meetings describe him as verbally combative, berating managers for perceived holes in their business strategies or proposals that placed the company's long-term interests at risk.
[38]
Antitrust litigation
Bill Gates giving his deposition at Microsoft on August 27, 1998
.^ GATES: Microsoft has had many, many successful products.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Most criticism of Bill Gates focuses on his business practices.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
In the 1998
United States v. . case, Gates gave deposition testimony that several journalists characterized as evasive.
^ Bill Gates boasts several notable investments outside Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In this case MS threatened to stop selling a feature (a seamless upgrade), people panicked and gave in to Microsoft continuing to bundle IE. Shit.- Bill Gates Sucks! 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC toastytech.com [Source type: General]
^ Gates, Neukom, and the rest of Microsoft's legal team were therefore stunned when the DOJ filed the consent-decree case.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
He argued with examiner
David Boies over the contextual meaning of words like "compete", "concerned" and "we".
[39]BusinessWeek reported:
.^ Early rounds of his deposition show him offering obfuscatory answers and saying 'I don't recall,' so many times that even the presiding judge had to chuckle.
^ "I've said many times that if I had been his attorney I would have stopped the deposition," Boies said.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Data Center Its critical that we be able to handle the most demanding applications – even those that don’t partition naturally across many servers.- Bill Gates: “Our Most Potent Operating System Competitor is Linux” | Boycott Novell 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC boycottnovell.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Both received the benefit of the doubt (Clinton by the press and Gates by the market) even when it was clear that they were misrepresenting themselves.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Bill Gates has received many honors, including several honorary doctorates.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Any "get something free" come-on or "help a sick kid" appeal which specifies an invisible program is keeping track of who received an e-mail and who it was then sent to is a hoax.- snopes.com: Thousand Dollar Bill 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.snopes.com [Source type: General]
[40]
.^ Gates later said that he had simply resisted attempts by Boies to mischaracterize his words and actions.
^ When Gates told Hatch that the DOJ was trying to force Microsoft to remove IE from Windows, Hirshland piped up and said he was mischaracterizing the government's position.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Gates said that he hoped his action would serve as a model for taking great educational content and making it broadly available for free.- Bill Gates offers the world a physics lesson | Beyond Binary - CNET News 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC news.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ As to his demeanor during the deposition, he said, "Did I fence with Boies?
^ "I've said many times that if I had been his attorney I would have stopped the deposition," Boies said.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Then Gates did something unusual: He turned to the topic of his deposition and vented his spleen at David Boies.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
... I plead guilty.
.^ Whatever that penalty is should be levied against me: rudeness to Boies in the first degree."
[41] .^ Despite Gates's denials, the judge ruled that Microsoft had committed monopolization and tying, blocking competition, in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act .
^ Bill Gates giving his deposition at Microsoft on August 27, 1998 Further information: United States Microsoft antitrust case and European Union Microsoft competition case Many decisions that led to antitrust litigation over Microsoft's business practices have had Gates's approval.
^ Besides losing the case (the judge ruled that Microsoft had committed monopolization and tying, blocking competition, in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Ac), Gates’ courtroom behavior (recorded in a series of Videos ) badly eroded his already sagging public image.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[41]
Appearance in ads
.^ He is to appear alongside Microsoft co founder and Chairman Bill Gates.
^ By Eric Lai 9 comments When you title your first book The Road Ahead, as retiring Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates did, then it’s clear you fancy yourself a bit of a futurist.
^ On Friday, I offered the hesitant sentiment that perhaps Microsoft wasn't completely making of hash of things with its series of ads depicting Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld bumbling around suburban USA. This evening, the news that future Microsoft ads will no longer feature Seinfeld seemed to confirm that I...- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The salesman is trying to sell Mr. Gates shoes that are a size too big.
.^ Some sources claim Gates was accompanied by Paul Allen during his 1977 arrest.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ So you can continue to use the earlier messed up version if you already had IE 4?- Bill Gates Sucks! 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC toastytech.com [Source type: General]
^ He sounds like a kid who just got new shoes but was shown up by another kid who has newer shoes and replied "...Big deal...".- Bill Gates Not Sold On Motion Controllers: News from 1UP.com 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.1up.com [Source type: General]
[42] .^ As they are walking out of the mall, Seinfeld asks Gates if he has melded his mind to other developers, after getting a yes, he then asks if they are working on a way to make computers edible, again getting a yes.
^ The only misstep being when Jerry asks Gates when he'll make an edible computer.- Coding Horror: Bill Gates and Code Complete 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.codinghorror.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This commercial, co-starring Jerry Seinfeld , is a 90-second talk between strangers as Seinfeld walks up on a discount shoe store (Shoe Circus) in a mall and notices Gates buying shoes inside.
.^ Some say that this is an homage to Seinfeld's own show about "nothing" ( Seinfeld ).
^ "I have nothing good to say about it," comments William Kovacic, a law professor and antitrust specialist at George Washington University.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
^ While some parts of the speech stack we could have developed by partners the “API” that says how people allow speech to affect their application is something we need to lead in and own.- Bill Gates: “Our Most Potent Operating System Competitor is Linux” | Boycott Novell 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC boycottnovell.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[43] .^ As anyone following any bit of the ad industry knows, Microsoft has been rolling out a series of ads starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates yukking it up together.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ But most people who go through this transition are reluctant to say how normal and average they were before it happened.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
^ To many people, Bill Gates is the ultimate Big Brother, all powerful and lurking in millions of homes and businesses around the world.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Post-Microsoft
.^ Since leaving Microsoft, Gates continues his philanthropy and, among other projects, purchased the videos rights to the Messenger Lectures series titled The Character of Physical Law , given at Cornell University by Richard Feynman in 1964 and recorded by the BBC. The videos are available online to the public at Microsoft's Project Tuva .
^ Gates pushed change in security culture at Microsoft The "Trustworthy Computing" initiative ordered by Bill Gates in 2002 set in motion a series of changes that have helped Microsoft make progress on software security issues, despite the continuing stream of patches it issues.- Complete coverage: Bill Gates Moves On 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.computerworld.com [Source type: News]
^ The lectures, done in 1964 by noted scientist (and Manhattan Project collaborator) Richard Feynman, take notions such as gravity and explains how they work and the broad implications they have in understanding the ways of the universe.- Bill Gates offers the world a physics lesson | Beyond Binary - CNET News 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC news.cnet.com [Source type: General]
[44][45]
Personal life
.^ He is married with three children.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Gates married Microsoft employee Melinda French from Dallas, Texas on the Hawaiian island of Lanai on January 1, 1994.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ They have three children.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The Gates' home is an earth-sheltered house in the side of a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina, Washington .
^ Bill Gates’ home consists of a single building that lies mostly underground, with what appear to be separate buildings protruding from the earth above.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In the 1990’s, Bill Gates had a home built on Lake Washington, across from Seattle in the city of Medina.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
According to
King County public records, as of 2006 the total assessed value of the property (land and house) is $125 million, and the annual property tax is $991,000.
.^ His 66,000 sq.
ft. estate has a
.^ This alarm works on hot tubs and swimming pools as well as other applications.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The house contains eight bedrooms, twenty-five bathrooms and an indoor swimming pool with an underwater music system.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
ft. gym and a 1000 sq. ft. dining room.
[46]
.^ Chris Shaner , October 11, 1997 Brown-noser Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old scientific document Codex Leicester -- bought by Bill Gates for $30.8 mil -- will be the centerpiece of a Seattle Art Museum exhibit opening next Thursday.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Gates is an avid reader, and enjoys playing golf, tennis and bridge.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ To many people, Bill Gates is the ultimate Big Brother, all powerful and lurking in millions of homes and businesses around the world.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[48] .^ Gates is an avid reader, and enjoys playing golf, tennis and bridge.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He also enjoys playing bridge , tennis , and golf .
^ He is an avid sportsman who has completed a number of triathlons including an Ironman and also enjoys rugby, golf and tennis.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[49][50]
.^ And his $21 billion charitable foundation has made him a hero in the world of philanthropy.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
^ His wealth reportedly surpassed $101 billion in 1999.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Gates ranked number one on Forbes ’ list of “The World’s Richest People” from 1995 to 2007.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ "I wish I was not the richest man in the world, says Bill Gates" .
^ In a May 2006 interview, Gates commented that he wished that he were not the richest man in the world because he disliked the attention it brought.
^ Currently the breaking news is that Warren Buffet, the second richest man in the world, is giving most of his money (several billions of dollars) to the foundation of Bill Gates who as everyone knows is the richest man in the world for the past many years.
[52] .^ In 2004 he became a director of Berkshire Hathaway , the investment company headed by long-time friend Warren Buffett .
^ Bill Gates boasts several notable investments outside Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Gates has several investments outside Microsoft, which in 2006 paid him a salary of $616,667, and $350,000 bonus totalling $966,667.
[54] .^ Bill Gates is my man.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
^ If anyone can affoard this, Bill gates is the man.- snopes.com: Thousand Dollar Bill 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.snopes.com [Source type: General]
^ Bill Gates is not a great man, he is a rich man and made many good business decisions.- Bill Gates Still Believes Speech Will Replace Keyboards | Techdirt 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC techdirt.com [Source type: General]
Philanthropy
.^ Harvard began its overtures when then-president Derek Bok had dinner with Bill Gates and other Harvard-affiliated Microsoft executives in Seattle.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Then, in December of Gates’s sophomore year, the vague future began to take on a more exact face.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
^ What worried him, Gates told me, wasn't merely the threat posed by the browser or other forms of middleware but the sudden momentum Netscape had gained in the industry.- Wired 8.11: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth 15 September 2009 21:021 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ According to Wikipedia, “Since 2000, the nominal value of his Microsoft holdings has declined due to a fall in Microsoft’s stock price after the dot.com bubble burst and the multi-billion dollar donations he has made to his charitable foundations.” However, that’s misleading, as at least some of Gates’ “charitable foundations” are actually investments.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ GATES, WILLIAM SEATTLE, WA 98105 MICROSOFT .- NEWSMEAT ▷ Bill Gates's Federal Campaign Contribution Report 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC newsmeat.com [Source type: Academic]
^ Some medical researchers have complained that the Gates Foundation is actually compromising their efforts.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Bill Gates has a large charitable endowment.- John Stossel : Bill Gates Needs an Econ Course - Townhall.com 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC townhall.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Bill Gates was born into a well-to-do Seattle family.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Bill and Melinda do a lot of good for the world.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
[55] .^ GATES: Not earning it yourself, knowing you have it from a young age, being so different in that respect from the other kids you grow up with, would be very confusing.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ You can choose to have the Device you use to access the Site warn you each time a cookie, image tag or other Tracking Technology is being sent, or you can choose to turn off such warnings.- Bill Gates Goes to College | SPIKE 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]
^ I can't help but wonder how much money was spent on this pushout.- Bill Gates Sucks! 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC toastytech.com [Source type: General]
[56][57] The generosity and extensive philanthropy of
David Rockefeller has been credited as a major influence.
.^ Gates and his father have met with Rockefeller several times and have modeled their giving in part on the Rockefeller family 's philanthropic focus, namely those global problems that are ignored by governments and other organizations.
^ I've met Diller several times.- The Bill Gates Interview 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC ei.cs.vt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ With Thursday's speech, Mr. Gates adds his high-profile name to the ranks of those who argue that unfettered capitalism can't solve broad social problems .- Bill Gates Was Creative at Microsoft 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC cafehayek.com [Source type: Original source]
[58] .^ Bill Gates’ latest reincarnation is as a philanthropist.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Most criticism of Bill Gates focuses on his business practices.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Or is this a different Bill Gates, one who is not the head of Microsoft, but still has idle billions to distribute?- snopes.com: Thousand Dollar Bill 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.snopes.com [Source type: General]
[59]
.^ The foundation has also received criticism because it invests the assets that it has not yet distributed, with the exclusive goal of maximizing the return on investment .
^ In response to press criticism, the foundation announced in 2007 a review of its investments to assess social responsibility.
^ As a result, its investments include companies that have been criticized for worsening poverty in the same developing countries where the Foundation is attempting to relieve poverty.
.^ As a result, its investments include companies that have been criticized for worsening poverty in the same developing countries where the Foundation is attempting to relieve poverty.
^ It is linked to a separate article, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , W which does include some criticism, along with a link to the LA Times piece.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In response to press criticism, the foundation announced in 2007 a review of its investments to assess social responsibility.
.^ These include companies that pollute heavily and pharmaceutical companies that do not sell into the developing world.
^ But to sustain their position as one of the most valuable companies in the world they may need to develop valuable services that people will want to use every day.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
^ You can make more money selling out to MS and being brought into the fold so they can absorb the concepts and include them in their software that is distributed around the world much more rapidly than if your company stayed on its own.- Bill Gates to Leave Microsoft in 2 Years | Betanews 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.betanews.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[60] .^ In response to press criticism, the foundation announced in 2007 a review of its investments to assess social responsibility.
^ Gates Foundation to review investments , The Seattle Times, January 10, 2007.
^ Gates Foundation to maintain its investment plan , The Austin Statesman, January 14, 2007.
[61] .^ It subsequently cancelled the review and stood by its policy of investing for maximum return, while using voting rights to influence company practices.
^ We do not knowingly accept orders from dealers, exporters, wholesalers, distributors, resellers or other similar persons or companies, and reserve the right to refuse, cancel or seek the return of any Products that are purchased in violation of the foregoing restrictions.- Bill Gates Goes to College | SPIKE 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]
[62]
Recognition
.^ Time magazine named Gates one of the 100 people who most influenced the 20th century , as well as one of the 100 most influential people of 2004, 2005, and 2006 .
^ Time magazine named Gates one of the 100 people who most influenced the 20th century, as well as one of the 100 most influential people of 2004, 2005, and 2006.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Also in 2005, Time magazine added Reed to its "Time 100" list of the one hundred most influential global citizens.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Gates, his wife and rock star Bono (U2’s lead singer) were collectively named 2005 Persons of the Year for their humanitarian efforts.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Time also collectively named Gates, his wife Melinda and rock band U2 's lead singer Bono as the 2005 Persons of the Year for their humanitarian efforts.
^ After spending years tracking down the rights--and spending some of his personal fortune--Gates has done just that.- Bill Gates offers the world a physics lesson | Beyond Binary - CNET News 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC news.cnet.com [Source type: General]
[63] In 2006, he was voted eighth in the list of "Heroes of our time".
[64] Gates was listed in the
Sunday Times power list in 1999, named CEO of the year by
Chief Executive Officers magazine in 1994, ranked number one in the "Top 50 Cyber Elite" by
Time in 1998, ranked number two in the
Upside Elite 100 in 1999 and was included in
The Guardian as one of the "Top 100 influential people in media" in 2001.
[65]
.^ In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's chief executive officer.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Rashid received master of science (1977) and doctoral (1980) degrees in computer science from the University of Rochester.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, where he graduated receiving the President's Gold Medal in 1980.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2005.- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ My name is Bill Gates.- snopes.com: Thousand Dollar Bill 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.snopes.com [Source type: General]
^ Bill Gates is not a great man, he is a rich man and made many good business decisions.- Bill Gates Still Believes Speech Will Replace Keyboards | Techdirt 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC techdirt.com [Source type: General]
[73]
.^ In November 2006, he and his wife were awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle for their philanthropic work around the world in the areas of health and education, particularly in Mexico, and specifically in the program " Un país de lectores" .
^ He's the luckiest guy in the world to have been able to really change the way the world works with technology and now to have the $$ and power to change the world philanthropically.- Mini-Microsoft: Bill Gates Will Retire. One Day. Kinda. 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC minimsft.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
^ In October 2009, it was announced that Gates will be awarded the 2010 Bower Award for Business Leadership of The Franklin Institute for his achievements in business and for his philanthropic work.
[74] .^ In October 2009, it was announced that Gates will be awarded the 2010 Bower Award for Business Leadership of The Franklin Institute for his achievements in business and for his philanthropic work.
^ William Henry Gates III was born October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington, to a family with a rich history in business, politics, and community service.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
^ In that role, he worked with Chairman Bill Gates to develop Microsoft's global strategies around technical, business and policy issues.- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Investments
Bibliography
Gates has authored two books:
Filmography
Gates has appeared in at least one film:
Notes
- ^ a b "#2 William Gates III - The World's Billionares". Forbes. 2009-09-30. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_William-Gates-III_BH69.html. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ (Manes 1994, p. 11)
- ^ a b Chapman, Glenn (2008-06-27). "Bill Gates Signs Off". Agence France-Presse. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8aV1bK5vmwLaw9wYr9nY5bFc4YA.
- ^ Wahba, Phil (2008-09-17). "Bill Gates tops U.S. wealth list 15 years in a row". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1748882920080917. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
- ^ Gates regularly documents his share ownership through public SEC form 4 filings.
- ^ (Manes 1994, p. 459)
- ^ (Lesinski 2006, p. 96)
- ^ Ancestry of Bill Gates
- ^ "Scottish Americans". albawest.com. http://www.albawest.com/scottish-americans.html. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
- ^ (Manes 1994, p. 15)
- ^ (Manes 1994, p. 47)
- ^ (Manes 1994, p. 24)
- ^ (Manes 1994, p. 27)
- ^ a b (Gates 1996, p. 12)
- ^ (Manes 1994, p. 34)
- ^ (Gates 1996, p. 14)
- ^ "Congressional Page History", The United States House Page Association of America. "The Page Program has produced many politicians, Members of Congress, as well as other famous men and women. Some of these include: the Honorable John Dingell, the longest serving Member of Congress, Bill Gates, founder and CEO of the Microsoft Corporation, and Donnald K. Anderson, former Clerk of the House."
- ^ "The new—and improved?—SAT". The Week Magazine. http://theweekmagazine.com/article.aspx?id=803. Retrieved 2006-05-23.
- ^ (Gates 1996, p. 15)
- ^ Gates, William; Papadimitriou, Christos (1979). "Bounds for sorting by prefix reversal". Discrete mathematics 27: 47–57. doi:10.1016/0012-365X(79)90068-2.
- ^ a b (Gates 1996, p. 19)
- ^ (Wallace & 1993 59)
- ^ (Gates 1996, p. 18)
- ^ a b c (.DOC) Microsoft Visitor Center Student Information: Key Events in Microsoft History. Microsoft. http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/3/0/130dd86a-a196-4700-b577-521c4cf5cec1/key_events_in_microsoft_history.doc. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ a b c d "Microsoft history". The History of Computing Project. http://www.thocp.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ (Manes 1994, p. 81)
- ^ Gates, Bill. "Remarks by Bill Gates" Waterloo, Ontario (2005-10-13). Retrieved on 2008-03-31. (META redirects to [1])
- ^ Maiello, John Steele Gordon Michael (2002-12-23). "Pioneers Die Broke". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2002/1223/258_print.html. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ (Gates 1996, p. 54)
- ^ (Manes 1994, p. 193)
- ^ "May 16, 1991 internal strategies memo from Bill Gates". Bralyn. http://www.bralyn.net/etext/literature/bill.gates/challenges-strategy.txt. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ Rensin, David (1994). "The Bill Gates Interview". Playboy.
- ^ Ballmer, Steve (1997-10-09). "Steve Ballmer Speech Transcript — Church Hill Club". Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/steve/churchillclub.mspx. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ a b Isaacson, Walter (1997-01-13). "The Gates Operating System". Time. http://www.time.com/time/gates/gates5.html. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ Bank, David (1999-02-01). "Breaking Windows". The Wall Street Journal. http://www.breakingwindows.net/1link3.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ a b Gates, Bill. "Remarks by Bill Gates" San Diego, California (1997-09-26). Retrieved on 2008-03-31.
- ^ Herbold, Robert (2004). The Fiefdom Syndrome: The Turf Battles That Undermine Careers and Companies - And How to Overcome Them.
- ^ "Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates". Microsoft. 2006-06-15. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-15CorpNewsPR.mspx.
- ^ "Gates deposition makes judge laugh in court". CNN. 1998-11-17. http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9811/17/judgelaugh.ms.idg/index.html. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ "Microsoft's Teflon Bill". BusinessWeek. 1998-11-30. http://www.businessweek.com/1998/48/b3606125.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ a b Heilemann, John (2000-11-01). "The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth". Wired 46 (8): 833. doi:10.1007/s11517-008-0355-6. PMID 18509686. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.11/microsoft_pr.html. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ The Smoking Gun mugshots
- ^ MSNBC adblog site
- ^ CNET Project Tuva
- ^ Softpedia
- ^ Forbes.com coverage of the Gates' Medina, Washington estate
- ^ (Lesinski 2006, p. 74)
- ^ Paterson, Thane (2000-06-13). "Advice for Bill Gates: A Little Culture Wouldn't Hurt". Business Week. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/june2000/nf00613b.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Bill Gates: Chairman". Microsoft Corporation. 2008. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/default.aspx?tab=biography.
- ^ "Profile: Bill Gates". BBC news. 2004-01-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3428721.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- ^ (Fridson 2001, p. 113)
- ^ Bolger, Joe (2006-05-05). "I wish I was not the richest man in the world, says Bill Gates". London: The Times. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/united_states/article713434.ece. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ "Microsoft 2006 Proxy Statement". Microsoft. 2007-10-06. http://www.microsoft.com/msft/reports/proxy2006.mspx. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ Fried, Ina (2004-12-14). "Gates joins board of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway". CNET. http://www.news.com/Gates-joins-board-of-Buffetts-Berkshire-Hathaway/2100-1014_3-5491312.html. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ "Flat-pack accounting". The Economist. 2006-05-11. http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6919139. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- ^ Cronin, Jon (2005-01-25). "Bill Gates: billionaire philanthropist". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3913581.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- ^ "Our Approach to Giving". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/AboutUs/OurWork/OurApproach/. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- ^ (PDF) 2005 Annual Report. Rockefeller Brothers Fund. 2006-01-01. http://www.rbf.org/usr_doc/2005_Annual_Review.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ The 50 most generous Americans.
- ^ Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation, Los Angeles Times, January 7, 2006.
- ^ Gates Foundation to review investments, The Seattle Times, January 10, 2007.
- ^ Gates Foundation to maintain its investment plan, The Austin Statesman, January 14, 2007.
- ^ (Lesinski 2006, p. 102)
- ^ Cowley, Jason (2006-06-22). "Heroes of our time — the top 50". New Statesman. http://www.newstatesman.com/200605220016. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ "Gates 'second only to Blair'". BBC News. 1999-09-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/457951.stm. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ Nyenrode Business Universiteit (2003-08-13). "Eredoctoraat Universiteit Nyenrode voor Wim Kok" (in Dutch). Press release. http://www.nyenrode.nl/news/news_full.cfm?publication_id=599. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/eng__news.php?id=1370
- ^ Hughes, Gina (2007-06-08). "Bill Gates Gets Degree After 30 Years". Yahoo!. http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/hughes/13653. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ Svärd, Madeleine (2008-01-24). "Bill Gates honored with a doctor's cap". Karolinska Institutet. http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&a=47838&l=en&newsdep=130. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ University of Cambridge (2009-06-12). "The Chancellor in Cambridge to confer Honorary Degrees". University of Cambridge. http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009061204. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2098235.ece
- ^ "Knighthood for Microsoft's Gates". BBC News. 2005-03-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3428673.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ Thompson, F. Christian (1999-08-19). "Bill Gates' Flower Fly Eristalis gatesi Thompson". The Diptera Site. http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/Diptera/syrphid/gates.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ "Proclamation of the Award". Diario Oficial de la Federación. http://diariooficial.segob.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=4936346. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ Bill Gates Goes to Sundance, Offers an Education, ABC News, January 23, 2010
See also
References
Books
- Fridson, Martin (2001). .^ How to be a Billionaire: Proven Strategies from the Titans of Wealth .
.^ John Wiley & Sons .
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- Gates, Bill (1996).^ Bill and Melinda Gates have three children: Jennifer Katharine Gates (1996), Rory John Gates (1999) and Phoebe Adele Gates (2002).
- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Kwame Tuffour , December 18, 1996 I would like to see more discussion on how Bill Gates made his money.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
The Road Ahead. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140260404.
- Lesinski, Jeanne M. (2006). .^ Bill Gates - Software Billionaire (Biography) .
^ Biography - Bill Gates: Sultan of Software (A&E DVD Archives) .
^ Bill Gates (Biography (a & E)) .
A&E Television Networks. ISBN 0822570270.
- Manes, Stephen (1994). .^ I. BIOGRAPHY Genealogy • Bill Gates’ Yorkshire connection : (Indo-Asian News Service, August 6, 2008) Early Life • Bill Gates (Microsoft) • Bill Gates (MySpace) • Manes, Stephen (1994), Gates: How Microsoft’s Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself The Richest Man in America, Touchstone Pictures, ISBN 0671880748 • Mary Maxwell Gates (Wikipedia; accessed August 7, 2008) • Mimi Gardner Gates (Wikipedia; accessed August 7, 2008) Education • ( Manes 1994 , p.
- Bill Gates - a knol by David Blomstrom 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC knol.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ "I wish I was not the richest man in the world, says Bill Gates" .
^ The success of both the IBM PC and the Microsoft Disc Operating System (or MS-DOS)—and the sweetheart deal that let Microsoft retain rights to its software—is what ultimately made Bill Gates the richest man on the planet.- Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC www.fourhourworkweek.com [Source type: General]
Touchstone Pictures. ISBN 0671880748.
- Wallace, James (1993). .^ Happy Monday, and welcome to the first day that Bill Gates has not been a full-time employee of the company he created, Microsoft.
- bill gates and microsoft corp. Resources | BNET 16 October 2009 3:33 UTC resources.bnet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It is this mentality that makes Bill Gates the easy target.- Why Bill Gates is Richer than You 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC philip.greenspun.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Does Bill Gates actually think he's obscure enough that no one will make the connection?- snopes.com: Thousand Dollar Bill 10 February 2010 12:16 UTC www.snopes.com [Source type: General]
New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
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