William Henry Gates III Bill Gates October 28, 1955.

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William Henry Gates III Bill Gates October 28,
1955.
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• Early days, computers were very hard to operate.
• It was rare if anyone could used them.
• You had to know programming to complete a simple
  task.

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• Is there something to be done about this

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• He Started programming at the age of 13.
• In 1973, he entered Harvard University.
• He developed the programming language BASIC
• He left Harvard at his junior year. He and his
  childhood friend Paul Allen started company
  Microsoft

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Microsoft

• Microsofts goal was to make user friendly
  operating system that didnt require knowledge of
  programming
• Microsoft designed operating system for IBM
  computers.
• IBM turned Microsoft's deal down.
• They released their version of operating system
  called Windows.

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Success

• Microsoft made billions of dollars over the years.

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Problems

• Quick releases lead to untested software.
• One incident on the stage

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LINUX

• LINUX was first designed for US Department of
  Defense.
• It was designed to be stable and secure.
• Later it was released for public for free.
• LINUX was designed with cooperation of
  programmers from all over the world.
• No viruses could damage the system.

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• Why are we still using windows?

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• Because LINUX is not very well known yet.
• Software companies have made their programs
  compatible for windows systems.

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Donations

• Bill Gates has donated more than 27 Billion
  worldwide.
• 750 million for immunization program to develop
  vaccines.
• 2 Billion to improve learning opportunities.