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Bill Gates was born
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Enrolled in Lakeside School
This was an exclusive preparatory school. This was a good school for Gates because it was a nice school and it had the new technology for Gates to learn. "Bill Gates." -
The Mothers Club purchases a Teletype Model 33
When he was in eighth grade, the mothers club at the school used proceeds from lakeside School’s rummage sale to buy a Telegraph Model 33 ASR terminal and block of computer time on a Gen Electric computer for the school’s students and this where Gates found his interest for programming the GE system in BASIC. He was excused from math class to pursue his interests. This is important because it sparked his interests in computers.
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Gates was banned from school for a few days
One day Gates and three others were banned because they were caught exploiting bugs in the operating system to obtain free computer time. After they were banned Gates and the three others offered to find bugs in CCC’s software in exchange for computer time. Soon the administrators became aware of his programming abilities and he wrote the school’s computer program to schedule students in classes. Gates modified code so that he was placed in classes with a large amount of girls.
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Gates scores a 1590 out of 1600 on SAT
This helped Gates get accepted to Harvard which led him to meeting Paul Allen which eventually helped him start his business.
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Formed a Venture with Paul Allen called Traf-O-Data
It was made to make traffic counters based on the Intel 8008 processor. This was Gates first venture and it helped him gain experience.
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Gates Graduated Highschool
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Gates enrolls at Harvard College
This is where Gates meets Paul Allen and eventually drops out to persue her dreams.
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Gates devises algorithm for pancake sorting
In his sophomore year, Gates devised an algorithm for pancake sorting as a solution to one of a series of unsolved problems presented in a combinatorics class by Harry Lewis, one of his professors. Gates's solution held the record as the fastest version for over thirty years; its successor is faster by only one percent. His solution was later formalized in a published paper in collaboration with Harvard computer scientist Christos Papadimitriou.
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Meets Steve Ballmer at Harvard
Later on he became the one who would succeed as CEO of Microsoft.
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Joins Paul Allen at Honeywell
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Gates sees the release of the MITS Altair 8800
Gates and Allen saw this as the opportunity to start their own computer software company. Gates realized how much his idea meant to him and didn't want to waste anymore time so he dropped out and started his company.
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Gates drops out of Harvard
Parents were actually supportive after seeing how much Gates wanted to start a company.
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Gates and Allen get a deal with MITS
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. 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. MITS president Ed Roberts agreed to meet them for a demo, and over the course of a few weeks they
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Gates and Allen get a deal with MITS Part 2
and then the BASIC interpreter. 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. This is huge because this really gets things going for Gates and Allen. They learned a lot and Allen ends up getting a job with MITS. "Bill Gates." -
IBM approaches Microsoft
IBM had an upcoming personal computer and wanted Microsoft to write the BASIC interpreter.
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Microsoft launches its first retail version of Windows
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Gates gets married
She helped be the powerful man he is today and she helps a lot with the charity.
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Gates becomes worlds richest man
At age 39 and a fortune of $12.9 billion he became the world's richest man.
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United States vs. Microsoft case
Microsoft Corporation was accused of becoming a monopoly and engaging in abusive practices contrary to the Sherman Antitrust Act 1890 sections 1 and 2. The judge concluded, for instance, that Microsoft had maintained its monopoly power over operating software through anticompetitive means, ruthlessly striving over four years to crush any potential threat to its domination over operating system
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Gates publishes "Business @ the Speed of Thought"
This book inforned people about the interconnectedness of business and technology. This is also the year he became more involved in pop culture.
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Gates steps down as CEO of Microsoft
Steve Ballmer takes over the helm, while Gates becomes chief software architect.
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Windows XP is introduced
Gates introduces Windows XP and it's considered one of the best computer softwares of all time.
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Gates stops working full time
On June 15, 2006, Gates announced that he would transition out of his day-to-day role over the next two years to dedicate more time to philanthropy. 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.
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Gates "graduates" from Harvard
the university awards him with an honorary degree. Gates gives the commencement speech, encouraging the graduates to strive for social change. “Humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries,” Gates says to the class, “but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.”
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Gates retires from day-to-day duties at Microsoft
He stays in the role of chairman and adviser on important development projects.
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