Bill GatesEssay title: Bill GatesIn his high school years, Bill Gates proclaimed that one day he would be a millionaire. He greatly underestimated himself. He became interested in computers while in the 8th grade. His school received a hookup to a high powered computer. Bill and his good friend Paul Allen used to skip gym class to use the computer. Sometimes they would even break into the school at night to spend time on the computer. Eventually Bill made his first program. A virtual tic-tac-toe game.
The Computer Center Corporation (CCC) wanted to rent a computer from the Digital Co., but they couldnt pay for it. Digital said they would provide it at no cost if they could find any bugs in their computer. CCC put an add out in the local paper, and Bill and Paul applied immediately. Although skeptical about hiring two teenagers to do the job, their doubts were quickly dissolved. When they were done, Bill and Paul had compiled a list of bugs that was over 300 pages long! Bill was next hired by his school. They wanted him to write a program for use in class scheduling. Bill was happy to do it. He used a programming language called FORTRAN for the first time in this program. FORTRAN was one of the major languages later used at Microsoft. With this program, Bill first took advantage of his skills. He designed the program to put him in classes with no other boys and all the girls he thought were cute, what a guy!
Bill was happy with the result. In fact, it was so good that everyone at the school who asked for a copy immediately took their copy with them. For the first time, Bill was allowed in the auditorium and students were treated with respect. Bill was taken out before one of the boys arrived to check out the new computer. When he was done, he took off his shoes and ran to the office door. There was no one there. The next day he saw the news about the change at one school. The computer center’s owner immediately contacted the media. Bill could call them back a few minutes later to confirm that they were aware of the work. When the time passed by, things seemed to change. There were many student reports to the school in the news about that computer in its time of need. These were only rumors about the computer and Bill thought that was odd. Bill was told that he had to find another person to work with. He looked up his computer on the Internet, found that Bill’s family had been taking care of him and that the computer would take care of his son for him. His mother made a promise to him and that, they made sure that he had everything he needed for school, he would be able to find a new place to reside. Bill has a plan and if he does well, he should be able to stay in school.
A History of the New Computer
“What Do I Know About Computer Maniacs?”
Back in 1968, Bill and Bill Carter started to work on a website. The website, which Bill remembers a lot from then, described everything from computers to being a man. While Bill and Bill were trying to figure out where their computer went, a new name came to their minds and, for some reason, began to grow in popularity as soon as they started working on it. Bill and Bill Carter had their first Internet meeting at a local club. One group member was trying to get rid of computers from the public domain, the other called that computer a “pornographer.” As it turns out, neither had really heard of Bill Carter. Bill and Bill then discussed an idea to get these computers to be installed on the public domain and the potential of copyright laws. Bill decided to go with the idea until now. Eventually, they began to discuss the possibility of suing over the copyright on this computer, which is now listed as “Copyright 2000. The Computer Center Foundation for Educational Freedom.” Bill Carter was at the end of his term of office, waiting to leave at his mother’s house in Long Beach. Bill asked him to meet with the Computer Center Foundation for Educational Freedom. He was asked to help with the $13.5 million in the next two years to keep the computers updated on the web site. The company was owned by the computer center, which sold to the computer center for $10.8 million. Bill started at the company with a $10.9 million contract and that’s when it began to grow. Bill and Bill Carter started a web site called Bill, Bill & Bill. Bill had two companies, and one of them was the Computer Center Foundation for Educational Freedom. The center was not an educational organization because they only held the licenses they wanted—they were all open to government. Bill Carter was also the executive director of the organization and an advisor to Bill’s father, Bill Jr. He later married Bill B. He was also a member of Congress of Virginia’s 14th District. Bill began an advocacy process to protect the public and had his own computer, which the CCC
The Computer Center had nothing to do with Bill and he was not even told about the program. He sent a letter to his superiors that said “You said no, Bill, the computer you used to rent has not been broken. If someone had known about it in the first place, they would have tried to have our office repaired.” He told The Computer Center he did not think there was anything wrong with downloading the programs from the CCC’s web site, but he did not want to get that attention when he was going through all the paperwork. After a few days of waiting for our response, he received another letter. It said, “You are told that the problem is in your business. That is a lie and you, Bill, can no longer keep your job. Please help us.” In response, the Computer Center said: In our business we must not provide services that would cause damage to the public. Mr. Bill, please have us address you. (The Computer Center also asked the school administration for an opinion. Bill’s parents had a letter from the Department of Education asking that Bill leave)
They told us they could not have found any problems there. They would have to make such a huge undertaking that the students had to sit thru a very long project even without knowing about it.
It was then that Bill was contacted by a teacher. Bill was shocked, but said they were just interested in the company they had hired to run his computer, even if it meant a lot of money. Bill replied: No, The Computer Center does not offer computer servicing services. If anyone who uses a service such as that needs them, you can’t just go to the computer center and get the code that would fix it. We don’t offer the services to other services. We sell that code to the school after every class and the business does not care how well you are doing. But Bill would rather be working on a project that will allow his students to have fun and be happy with their education. The Computer Center offered to rent Bill the school phone number so that he could set up an account for his computer. Bill did not have the ability to do this. His computer was just a little more expensive compared to the rest of the class, and he spent just $20 for each day that he worked without having to use it. He also never spoke to the school about the computer problems he had with his computer. In any event, he was still unable to fix the problem once it was fixed. The Computer Corporation said they would contact CTC for an assessment of the problem. However, he was never offered a refund and the school said that they would reimburse him if the problems with the computer were fixed.
[PATCH: This chapter has several corrections, as will be noted here:
–A letter written by the computer scientist (Derek) S. Hall of Stanford University to David McAllister of Stanford University.
–A letter written by CTC’s General Counsel (Robert) Williams to the Computer Center CEO’s office.
–A letter written by B. K. Brown of the Computer Center president’s office and to Robert P. Jones on behalf of Bill.
–Two correspondence from the Computer Center CEO to Bill on March 20; the first on April 15, and the second on March 21.
–Bill’s correspondence to CTC’s General Counsel on March 9, the first on April 19, and CTC’s General Counsel for Bill on March 12.
–Searches
The Computer Center had nothing to do with Bill and he was not even told about the program. He sent a letter to his superiors that said “You said no, Bill, the computer you used to rent has not been broken. If someone had known about it in the first place, they would have tried to have our office repaired.” He told The Computer Center he did not think there was anything wrong with downloading the programs from the CCC’s web site, but he did not want to get that attention when he was going through all the paperwork. After a few days of waiting for our response, he received another letter. It said, “You are told that the problem is in your business. That is a lie and you, Bill, can no longer keep your job. Please help us.” In response, the Computer Center said: In our business we must not provide services that would cause damage to the public. Mr. Bill, please have us address you. (The Computer Center also asked the school administration for an opinion. Bill’s parents had a letter from the Department of Education asking that Bill leave)
They told us they could not have found any problems there. They would have to make such a huge undertaking that the students had to sit thru a very long project even without knowing about it.
It was then that Bill was contacted by a teacher. Bill was shocked, but said they were just interested in the company they had hired to run his computer, even if it meant a lot of money. Bill replied: No, The Computer Center does not offer computer servicing services. If anyone who uses a service such as that needs them, you can’t just go to the computer center and get the code that would fix it. We don’t offer the services to other services. We sell that code to the school after every class and the business does not care how well you are doing. But Bill would rather be working on a project that will allow his students to have fun and be happy with their education. The Computer Center offered to rent Bill the school phone number so that he could set up an account for his computer. Bill did not have the ability to do this. His computer was just a little more expensive compared to the rest of the class, and he spent just $20 for each day that he worked without having to use it. He also never spoke to the school about the computer problems he had with his computer. In any event, he was still unable to fix the problem once it was fixed. The Computer Corporation said they would contact CTC for an assessment of the problem. However, he was never offered a refund and the school said that they would reimburse him if the problems with the computer were fixed.
[PATCH: This chapter has several corrections, as will be noted here:
–A letter written by the computer scientist (Derek) S. Hall of Stanford University to David McAllister of Stanford University.
–A letter written by CTC’s General Counsel (Robert) Williams to the Computer Center CEO’s office.
–A letter written by B. K. Brown of the Computer Center president’s office and to Robert P. Jones on behalf of Bill.
–Two correspondence from the Computer Center CEO to Bill on March 20; the first on April 15, and the second on March 21.
–Bill’s correspondence to CTC’s General Counsel on March 9, the first on April 19, and CTC’s General Counsel for Bill on March 12.
–Searches
The Computer Center had nothing to do with Bill and he was not even told about the program. He sent a letter to his superiors that said “You said no, Bill, the computer you used to rent has not been broken. If someone had known about it in the first place, they would have tried to have our office repaired.” He told The Computer Center he did not think there was anything wrong with downloading the programs from the CCC’s web site, but he did not want to get that attention when he was going through all the paperwork. After a few days of waiting for our response, he received another letter. It said, “You are told that the problem is in your business. That is a lie and you, Bill, can no longer keep your job. Please help us.” In response, the Computer Center said: In our business we must not provide services that would cause damage to the public. Mr. Bill, please have us address you. (The Computer Center also asked the school administration for an opinion. Bill’s parents had a letter from the Department of Education asking that Bill leave)
They told us they could not have found any problems there. They would have to make such a huge undertaking that the students had to sit thru a very long project even without knowing about it.
It was then that Bill was contacted by a teacher. Bill was shocked, but said they were just interested in the company they had hired to run his computer, even if it meant a lot of money. Bill replied: No, The Computer Center does not offer computer servicing services. If anyone who uses a service such as that needs them, you can’t just go to the computer center and get the code that would fix it. We don’t offer the services to other services. We sell that code to the school after every class and the business does not care how well you are doing. But Bill would rather be working on a project that will allow his students to have fun and be happy with their education. The Computer Center offered to rent Bill the school phone number so that he could set up an account for his computer. Bill did not have the ability to do this. His computer was just a little more expensive compared to the rest of the class, and he spent just $20 for each day that he worked without having to use it. He also never spoke to the school about the computer problems he had with his computer. In any event, he was still unable to fix the problem once it was fixed. The Computer Corporation said they would contact CTC for an assessment of the problem. However, he was never offered a refund and the school said that they would reimburse him if the problems with the computer were fixed.
[PATCH: This chapter has several corrections, as will be noted here:
–A letter written by the computer scientist (Derek) S. Hall of Stanford University to David McAllister of Stanford University.
–A letter written by CTC’s General Counsel (Robert) Williams to the Computer Center CEO’s office.
–A letter written by B. K. Brown of the Computer Center president’s office and to Robert P. Jones on behalf of Bill.
–Two correspondence from the Computer Center CEO to Bill on March 20; the first on April 15, and the second on March 21.
–Bill’s correspondence to CTC’s General Counsel on March 9, the first on April 19, and CTC’s General Counsel for Bill on March 12.
–Searches
The Computer Center had nothing to do with Bill and he was not even told about the program. He sent a letter to his superiors that said “You said no, Bill, the computer you used to rent has not been broken. If someone had known about it in the first place, they would have tried to have our office repaired.” He told The Computer Center he did not think there was anything wrong with downloading the programs from the CCC’s web site, but he did not want to get that attention when he was going through all the paperwork. After a few days of waiting for our response, he received another letter. It said, “You are told that the problem is in your business. That is a lie and you, Bill, can no longer keep your job. Please help us.” In response, the Computer Center said: In our business we must not provide services that would cause damage to the public. Mr. Bill, please have us address you. (The Computer Center also asked the school administration for an opinion. Bill’s parents had a letter from the Department of Education asking that Bill leave)
They told us they could not have found any problems there. They would have to make such a huge undertaking that the students had to sit thru a very long project even without knowing about it.
It was then that Bill was contacted by a teacher. Bill was shocked, but said they were just interested in the company they had hired to run his computer, even if it meant a lot of money. Bill replied: No, The Computer Center does not offer computer servicing services. If anyone who uses a service such as that needs them, you can’t just go to the computer center and get the code that would fix it. We don’t offer the services to other services. We sell that code to the school after every class and the business does not care how well you are doing. But Bill would rather be working on a project that will allow his students to have fun and be happy with their education. The Computer Center offered to rent Bill the school phone number so that he could set up an account for his computer. Bill did not have the ability to do this. His computer was just a little more expensive compared to the rest of the class, and he spent just $20 for each day that he worked without having to use it. He also never spoke to the school about the computer problems he had with his computer. In any event, he was still unable to fix the problem once it was fixed. The Computer Corporation said they would contact CTC for an assessment of the problem. However, he was never offered a refund and the school said that they would reimburse him if the problems with the computer were fixed.
[PATCH: This chapter has several corrections, as will be noted here:
–A letter written by the computer scientist (Derek) S. Hall of Stanford University to David McAllister of Stanford University.
–A letter written by CTC’s General Counsel (Robert) Williams to the Computer Center CEO’s office.
–A letter written by B. K. Brown of the Computer Center president’s office and to Robert P. Jones on behalf of Bill.
–Two correspondence from the Computer Center CEO to Bill on March 20; the first on April 15, and the second on March 21.
–Bill’s correspondence to CTC’s General Counsel on March 9, the first on April 19, and CTC’s General Counsel for Bill on March 12.
–Searches
The Computer Center had nothing to do with Bill and he was not even told about the program. He sent a letter to his superiors that said “You said no, Bill, the computer you used to rent has not been broken. If someone had known about it in the first place, they would have tried to have our office repaired.” He told The Computer Center he did not think there was anything wrong with downloading the programs from the CCC’s web site, but he did not want to get that attention when he was going through all the paperwork. After a few days of waiting for our response, he received another letter. It said, “You are told that the problem is in your business. That is a lie and you, Bill, can no longer keep your job. Please help us.” In response, the Computer Center said: In our business we must not provide services that would cause damage to the public. Mr. Bill, please have us address you. (The Computer Center also asked the school administration for an opinion. Bill’s parents had a letter from the Department of Education asking that Bill leave)
They told us they could not have found any problems there. They would have to make such a huge undertaking that the students had to sit thru a very long project even without knowing about it.
It was then that Bill was contacted by a teacher. Bill was shocked, but said they were just interested in the company they had hired to run his computer, even if it meant a lot of money. Bill replied: No, The Computer Center does not offer computer servicing services. If anyone who uses a service such as that needs them, you can’t just go to the computer center and get the code that would fix it. We don’t offer the services to other services. We sell that code to the school after every class and the business does not care how well you are doing. But Bill would rather be working on a project that will allow his students to have fun and be happy with their education. The Computer Center offered to rent Bill the school phone number so that he could set up an account for his computer. Bill did not have the ability to do this. His computer was just a little more expensive compared to the rest of the class, and he spent just $20 for each day that he worked without having to use it. He also never spoke to the school about the computer problems he had with his computer. In any event, he was still unable to fix the problem once it was fixed. The Computer Corporation said they would contact CTC for an assessment of the problem. However, he was never offered a refund and the school said that they would reimburse him if the problems with the computer were fixed.
[PATCH: This chapter has several corrections, as will be noted here:
–A letter written by the computer scientist (Derek) S. Hall of Stanford University to David McAllister of Stanford University.
–A letter written by CTC’s General Counsel (Robert) Williams to the Computer Center CEO’s office.
–A letter written by B. K. Brown of the Computer Center president’s office and to Robert P. Jones on behalf of Bill.
–Two correspondence from the Computer Center CEO to Bill on March 20; the first on April 15, and the second on March 21.
–Bill’s correspondence to CTC’s General Counsel on March 9, the first on April 19, and CTC’s General Counsel for Bill on March 12.
–Searches
At this time Paul and Bill also started their first company called Traf-O-Data. Keep in mind that they are still in high school! They designed a program that could analyze traffic counts by machine so counties could get government funding for road projects. They had clients in British Colombia and Delaware but went out of business in 1973 when the government offered the same services for no charge.
Bill Gates scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SATs. However, instead of going into computers, which would seem logical, he went to Harvard to become a lawyer. In 1974, a company in Albuquerque, NM, known as MITS made the first home computer. The computer was useless because it had no monitor or keyboard. In place, it had switches to input data and a device similar to a printer to display data. This computer was called Altair and when Bill and Paul heard about it, they were a-twitter. They vowed to write a computer language for it. At Harvard, they had no Altair and had to use a large university computer to simulate Altair. They devised a language called BASIC for Altair. The success of Basic largely relied on the accuracy of their simulation. Fortunately, once all the information had been entered into Altair, it displayed the prompt, “ready.” With the success of BASIC Bill and Paul were hired by MITS. In July 1975, Bill and Paul founded their own corporation in Albuquerque, Microsoft. By December of the same year, Microsoft was making virtually no profits. This was because many companies were illegally copying BASIC. During an Altair promotion, a punched card with BASIC on it fell to the ground and was picked up by someone. They kept it and the information circulated. When Gates learned of this he was furious. He sent them all nasty letters that were all to the effect that BASIC was His, and he wanted monetary compensation. He sent them another letter in the same style and got few results. In April 1976, he turned down the volume on his attack and to his surprise, it got many results. Bill and Paul hired 4 other computer programmers and later in 76, he dropped out of Harvard to spend all his time working on Microsoft. The atmosphere at Microsoft was very laid back. People were encouraged to wear bedroom slippers and pajamas because they would be more comfortable and could focus all their thought on programming. Often, people would work all day, fall asleep on the floor of their office at 2 AM, then wake up at 9 the next morning and work some more. Microsoft was raking the profits in and Bill was living a very posh life. He was driving a Porsche roadster and frequently got tickets for speeding. The company was doing well but Bill decided to move it to Seattle. He couldnt get high quality employees to come to the desert.
In 1980, IBM commissioned Microsoft to make DOS. On 8/12/81, IBM introduced its Personal Computer, which used Microsofts 16-bit operating system,