The Gate to Success

I sat at the computer and started my first assignment for university. Born in the age of computers a thought suddenly ‘popped’ to mind! How would I be able to do my work without Microsoft? How would everybody’s life be without Microsoft?

He is an entrepeneur, software executive and chairmen of Microsoft, the software he founded with a friend. Bill Gates is one of the best knoen entrepeneurs of the personal computer revelution and has made computers easily accessible for all of us. Today Gates is holding the position of CEO and chief software architect and is the largest individual shareholder in the world.

Bill Gates wasd born on the 28 October 1955. He attended elementary school and private Lakeside school were he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at thirteen. At this age he was caught exploiting bugs in the system to get free computer time.

Bill Gates entered Harvard University where he created a programming language. He spent most of his time at Microsoft, which is a company he began in 1975 and began developing softwares for personal computers. He dropped out of college and did not finish his law degree as he did not have a definite study plan.

In 1975 Gates contacted the creators of the new microcomputer (MITS) and told them they were working on an interpreter for the platform. In reality this was not true but it was to generate interest and a meeting was agreed upon. Over the cause of that two weeks they created an emulatorthat ran on a microcomputer and then the Basic interpreter. The meeting was successful and a partnership Microsoft had taken place. Gates then demanded payment from the software developers and then Microsoft continued to develop programming language software from various systems without MITS.

If it wasn’t for Bill Gates our computers would not be so advanced and we would not have Microsoft to do most of our work on. Internet would not be as accessable as it is, software for personal computers would not be available and computers would be much slower. Computer together with Microsoft today is a valuble tool and needed in every home. Many people can not live without technology and because of Bill Gates we are improving in techhnology everyday. Microsoft has advanced and improved software technology, to make it easier, cheaper and more fun for people who use computers.

Gates was named one of the hundred people who most influenced the 20th century as well as hunrdred most influential people and he is one of the most wealthiest people in the world. From this ilearnt that you are never too young to start anything new and even though it may seem impossible even the sky is not the limit.

With a lot of critism and competition, Bill Gates still went on to fulfill his dream. He left something behind that will help many. He will be remembered for years to come and will be widely admired. Sitting infront of the computer, openning up Microsoft I knew Bill Gates as a legacy.