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Topic and resources Topic: Bill gates charity organizations he works with. He created the company Microsoft Corporation and made the windows operating systems.

Isaiah resources: [|www.thegatesnotes.com] inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventors/a/**Bill**_**Gates**.htm

Dennis resources: woopidoo.com Microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/

Alessandro and Brandon Comment: Hi! Why did you guys wanna do Bill Gates? I know how he changed the world. Y2K!

BTW Good luck on the topic! And did he REALLY get in jail?

Edwin and Kevin's Comments: This is a good topic because everyone uses Microsoft word and Bill Gates was the man who created it. He must be one of the most richest people alive.

Isaiah Cornelius ** Bill Gates ** is one of the most influential people in the world. He is co-founder of one of the most recognized brands in the computer industry with nearly every desk top computer using at least one software program from Microsoft. According to the Forbes magazine, Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and has held the number one position for many years.

 Gates was born and grew up in Seattle, Washington USA. His father, William H. Gates II was a Seattle attorney and his mother, Mary Maxwell Gates was a school teacher and chairperson of the United Way charity. Gates and his two sisters had a comfortable upbringing, with Gates being able to attend the exclusive secondary "Lakeside School".

 Bill Gates started studying at Harvard University in 1973. Gates worked on a version of the programming language BASIC, that was the basis for the MITS Altair (the first microcomputer available). He did not go on to graduate from Harvard University as he left in his junior year to start what was to become the largest computer software company in the world; Microsoft Corporation.

 Microsoft helped to make the computer easier to use with its developed and purchased software, and made it a commercial success. The success of Microsoft began with the MS-DOS computer operating system that Gates licensed to IBM. Gates also set about protecting the royalties that he could acquire from computer software by aggressively fighting against all forms of software piracy, effectively creating the retail software market that now exists today. This move was quite controversial at the time as it was the freedom of sharing that produced much innovation and advances in the newly forming software industry. But it was this stand against software piracy, that was to be central in the great commercial success that Microsoft went on to achieve.  [|Bill Gates retired] as Microsoft CEO in 2008.

**Bill Gates Criticism**  With his great success in the computer software industry also came many criticisms. With his ambitious and aggressive business philosophy, Gates or his Microsoft lawyers have been in and out of courtrooms fighting legal battles almost since Microsoft began.

==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.== ==Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft's mission has been to continually advance and improve software technology, and to make it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company is committed to a long-term view, reflected in its industry-leading investment in research and development each year.==

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 * Topic : ** Bill gates – charity Organizations he works with

He created the company Microsoft corporation and made the

windows operating system


 * Resources: ** woopidoo.com

Microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/ =The information where it came from=

==__//**Dennis Lopes-**//__ In 1999, Gates wrote "Business @ the Speed of Thought", a book that shows how computer technology can solve business problems in fundamentally new ways. The book was published in 25 languages and is available in more than 60 countries. "Business @ the Speed of Thought" has received wide critical acclaim, and was listed on the best-seller lists of the "New York Times", "USA Today", "The Wall Street Journal" and on Amazon.com. Gates' previous book, "The Road Ahead", published in 1995, was at the top of the "New York Times" bestseller list for seven weeks. ==

=== "To enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential." Microsoft Mission Statement ===

=== After dropping out of Harvard Bill Gates and his partner Paul Allen set about revolutionizing the computer industry. Gates believed there should be a computer on every office desk and in every home. ===

===In 1975 the company Micro-soft was formed, which was an abbreviation of microcomputer software. It soon became simply "Microsoft"® and went on to completely change the way people use computers. Microsoft helped to make the computer easier to use with its developed and purchased software, and made it a commercial success. The success of Microsoft began with the MS-DOS computer operating system that Gates licensed to IBM. Gates also set about protecting the royalties that he could acquire from computer software by aggressively fighting against all forms of software piracy, effectively creating the retail software market that now exists today. This move was quite controversial at the time as it was the freedom of sharing that produced much innovation and advances in the newly forming software industry. But it was this stand against software piracy, that was to be central in the great commercial success that Microsoft went on to achieve. ===

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