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Microsoft is a multinational computer technology corporation. Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975, by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [1] Its current best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system; Microsoft Office, a suite of productivity software; Xbox, a line of entertainment of games, music, and video; Bing, a line of search engines; and Microsoft ...
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
Bill Gates retires as chief software architect and devotes more of his time to philanthropy. [6] 2008: September 2: Competition: Google launches Google Chrome, a browser that would cut into the web browser operating share of Internet Explorer. [28] 2009: October 22: Products: Microsoft launches Windows 7 to the general public. [29] 2009: May 28 ...
Microsoft co-founder and one of the world’s most prominent tech visionaries, Bill Gates, is turning his attention toward a new type of technology.In an interview with CNBC, Gates said that if he ...
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates looked at the big picture and the small picture as he was growing his software company in the early years.. In an interview with CNBC's Make It published on ...
The co-founder of the software giant remains a large shareholder in the company throu. Billionaire Bill Gates is best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT ...
Microsoft is the largest software maker, one of the most valuable public U.S. companies, [a] and one of the most valuable brands globally. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.
"An Open Letter to Hobbyists" is a 1976 open letter written by Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, to early personal computer hobbyists, in which Gates expresses dismay at the rampant software piracy taking place in the hobbyist community, particularly with regard to his company's software.