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Despite a current net worth of approximately $128 billion and an intention to work his way off the list of the world's richest people through his philanthropic work, Microsoft co-founder Bill...
In June 2018, Gates offered free ebooks, to all new graduates of U.S. colleges and universities, [160] and in 2021, offered free ebooks, to all college and university students around the world. [161] [162] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partially funds OpenStax, which creates and provides free digital textbooks. [163]
Later, the State of Washington offered free traffic processing services to cities, ending the need for private contractors, and all three principals moved on to other projects. The real contribution of Traf-O-Data was the experience that Gates and Allen gained, skills they used to write Altair BASIC for the MITS Altair 8800 computer:
"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 widespread duplication of software taking place in the hobbyist community, particularly with regard to his company's software.
People know a lot about Microsoft founder Bill Gates — one of the world’s most famous businessmen and philanthropists and one of the wealthiest people ever — and they think they know even more.
It's towards the end of our interview that Bill Gates reveals new numbers on how much his charitable Foundation has now spent in its efforts to combat preventable diseases and reduce poverty. "I ...
Source Code: My Beginnings is a memoir by Bill Gates. The book covers his early life and the foundation of Microsoft, ending in the late 1970s when Microsoft signed their first deal with Apple. [1] It is the first of three planned memoirs by Gates. [2] The second will cover his years at Microsoft and the third his philanthropy. [2]
Audible has a 30-day free trial available right now. All these years later it still amazes me how so many disparate things had to come together for me to use a computer in 1968.