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BillGateswasborninSeattle,WashingtontoWilliamH.Gates,Sr.,acorporatelawyer,andMaryMaxwellGates,boardmemberofFirstInterstateBank,PacificNorthwestBellandthenationalboardofUnitedWay.GateswenttoLakesideSchool,Seattle'
smostexclusiveprepschool,andlateronwenttostudyatHarvardUniversity,butdroppedoutwithoutgraduating.
WhilehewasastudentatHarvard,heco-authoredwithPaulAllentheoriginalAltairBASICinterpreterfortheAltair8800(thefirstcommerciallysuccessfulpersonalcomputer)inthemid1970s.ItwasinspiredbyBASIC,aneasy-to-learnprogramminglanguagedevelopedatDartmouthCollegeforteachingpurposes.
GatesmarriedMelindaFrenchonJanuary1,1994.Theyhavethreechildren,JenniferKatharineGates(1996),RoryJohnGates(1999)andPhoebeAdeleGates(2002).Theyliveinaverylargeearth-shelteredhomeinthesideofahilloverlookingLakeWashington.Itisaverymodern21stcenturyhouseinthe"
Pacificlodge"
style,withadvancedelectricalandelectronicsystemseverywhere.Inonerespectthoughitismorelikean18thor19thcenturymansion:
Ithasalargeprivatelibrarywithadomedreadingroom.Alsoin1994,heacquiredtheCodexLeicester,acollectionofwritingsbyLeonardodaVinci;
asof2003itwasondisplayattheSeattleArtMuseum.In1997,GateswasthevictimofabizarreextortionplotbyChicagoresidentAdamQuinnPletcher.Gatestestifiedatthesubsequenttrial.PletcherwasconvictedandsentencedinJuly1998tosixyearsinprison.
n1975,GatesandAllenco-foundedMicrosoftCorporationtomarkettheirversionofBASIC,calledMicrosoftBASIC.ItwastheprimaryinterpretedcomputerlanguageoftheMS-DOSoperatingsystem,andwaskeytoMicrosoft'
searlycommercialsuccess.
InFebruary1976,GateswrotetheOpenLettertoHobbyists,whichshockedthecomputerhobbyistcommunitybyassertingthatacommercialmarketexistedforcomputersoftware.Gatesstatedintheletterthatsoftwareshouldnotbecopiedwithoutthepublisher'
spermission,whichheequatedtopiracy.Whilelegallycorrect,Gates'
sproposalwasunprecedentedinacommunitythatwasinfluencedbyitshamradiolegacyandhackerethic,inwhichinnovationsandknowledgewerefreelysharedinthecommunity.Nevertheless,Gateswasrightaboutthemarketprospectsandhiseffortspaidoff:
MicrosoftCorporationbecameoneoftheworld'
smostsuccessfulcommercialenterprises,andakeyplayerinthecreationofaretailsoftwareindustry.
Microsoft'
skeymomentcamewheninthelate1970s,IBMwasplanningtoenterthepersonalcomputermarketwithitsIBMPersonalComputer(PC),whichwasreleasedin1981.GateslicensedMS-DOStoIBM,whichithadacquiredfromalocalcomputermanufacturer.ThestoryofhowMicrosoftacquiredtheoriginalsystem(QDOS)hasinspiredmuchfolklore,whichoftenportraysGatespouncingonatrivialmistakebyDigitalResearchandstealingthatcompany'
sleadinmicrocomputeroperatingsystems.ItisfrequentlycitedbythosewhoaccuseGatesofunethicalbusinesspractices.BymarketingMS-DOSaggressivelytomanufacturersofIBM-PCclones,Microsoftgainedunprecedentedvisibilityinthemicrocomputerindustry,evenrivallingIBM.
以上是比尔·
盖茨以及他的家
盖茨
WilliamHenry"
Bill"
GatesIII(bornOctober28,1955)[2]isanAmericanbusinessmagnate,philanthropist,andchairman[3]ofMicrosoft,thesoftwarecompanyhefoundedwithPaulAllen.Heisconsistentlyrankedamongtheworld'
swealthiestpeople[4]andthewealthiestoverallfrom1995to2010,excluding2007.[1]DuringhiscareeratMicrosoft,GatesheldthepositionsofCEOandchiefsoftwarearchitect,andremainsthelargestindividualshareholderwithmorethan8percentofthecommonstock.[5]Hehasalsoauthoredorco-authoredseveralbooks.
Gatesisoneofthebest-knownentrepreneursofthepersonalcomputerrevolution.Althoughheisadmiredbymany,anumberofindustryinsiderscriticizehisbusinesstactics,whichtheyconsideranti-competitive,anopinionwhichhasinsomecasesbeenupheldbythecourts(seeCriticismofMicrosoft).[6][7]Inthelaterstagesofhiscareer,Gateshaspursuedanumberofphilanthropicendeavors,donatinglargeamountsofmoneytovariouscharitableorganizationsandscientificresearchprogramsthroughtheBill&
MelindaGatesFoundation,establishedin2000.
BillGatessteppeddownaschiefexecutiveofficerofMicrosoftinJanuary2000.Heremainedaschairmanandcreatedthepositionofchiefsoftwarearchitect.InJune,2006,Gatesannouncedthathewouldbetransitioningfromfull-timeworkatMicrosofttopart-timeworkandfull-timeworkattheBill&
MelindaGatesFoundation.HegraduallytransferredhisdutiestoRayOzzie,chiefsoftwarearchitectandCraigMundie,chiefresearchandstrategyofficer.Gates'
lastfull-timedayatMicrosoftwasJune27,2008.HeremainsatMicrosoftasnon-executivechairman.
可以从这里开始:
Earlylife
GateswasborninSeattle,Washington,toWilliamH.Gates,Sr.andMaryMaxwellGates,ofEnglish,German,andScotch-Irishdescent.[8][9]Hisfamilywasuppermiddleclass;
hisfatherwasaprominentlawyer,hismotherservedontheboardofdirectorsforFirstInterstateBancSystemandtheUnitedWay,andherfather,J.W.Maxwell,wasanationalbankpresident.Gateshasoneeldersister,Kristi(Kristianne),andoneyoungersister,Libby.Hewasthefourthofhisnameinhisfamily,butwasknownasWilliamGatesIIIor"
Trey"
becausehisfatherhaddroppedhisown"
III"
suffix.[10]Earlyoninhislife,Gates'
parentshadalawcareerinmindforhim.[11]
At13heenrolledintheLakesideSchool,anexclusivepreparatoryschool.[12]Whenhewasintheeighthgrade,theMothersClubattheschoolusedproceedsfromLakesideSchool'
srummagesaletobuyanASR-33teletypeterminalandablockofcomputertimeonaGeneralElectric(GE)computerfortheschool'
sstudents.[13]GatestookaninterestinprogrammingtheGEsysteminBASICandwasexcusedfrommathclassestopursuehisinterest.Hewrotehisfirstcomputerprogramonthismachine:
animplementationoftic-tac-toethatalloweduserstoplaygamesagainstthecomputer.Gateswasfascinatedbythemachineandhowitwouldalwaysexecutesoftwarecodeperfectly.Whenhereflectedbackonthatmoment,hecommentedonitandsaid,"
Therewasjustsomethingneataboutthemachine."
[14]AftertheMothersClubdonationwasexhausted,heandotherstudentssoughttimeonsystemsincludingDECPDPminicomputers.OneofthesesystemswasaPDP-10belongingtoComputerCenterCorporation(CCC),whichbannedfourLakesidestudents—Gates,PaulAllen,RicWeiland,andKentEvans—forthesummerafteritcaughtthemexploitingbugsintheoperatingsystemtoobtainfreecomputertime.[15]
Attheendoftheban,thefourstudentsofferedtofindbugsinCCC'
ssoftwareinexchangeforcomputertime.Ratherthanusethesystemviateletype,GateswenttoCCC'
sofficesandstudiedsourcecodeforvariousprogramsthatranonthesystem,includingprogramsinFORTRAN,LISP,andmachinelanguage.ThearrangementwithCCCcontinueduntil1970,whenthecompanywentoutofbusiness.Thefollowingyear,InformationSciencesInc.hiredthefourLakesidestudentstowriteapayrollprograminCOBOL,providingthemcomputertimeandroyalties.Afterhisadministratorsbecameawareofhisprogrammingabilities,Gateswrotetheschool'
scomputerprogramtoschedulestudentsinclasses.Hemodifiedthecodesothathewasplacedinclasseswithmostlyfemalestudents.Helaterstatedthat"
itwashardtotearmyselfawayfromamachineatwhichIcouldsounambiguouslydemonstratesuccess."
[14]Atage17,GatesformedaventurewithAllen,calledTraf-O-Data,tomaketrafficcountersbasedontheIntel8008processor.[16]Inearly1973,BillGatesservedasacongressionalpageintheU.S.HouseofRepresentatives.[17]
GatesgraduatedfromLakesideSchoolin1973.Hescored1590outof1600ontheSAT[18]andenrolledatHarvardCollegeintheautumnof1973.[19]WhileatHarvard,hemetSteveBallmer,wholatersucceededGatesasCEOofMicrosoft,andcomputerscientistChristosPapadimitriou,withwhomhewroteapaperaboutpancakesorting.[20]HedidnothaveadefinitestudyplanwhileastudentatHarvard[21]andspentalotoftimeusingtheschool'
scomputers.HeremainedincontactwithPaulAllen,joininghimatHoneywellduringthesummerof1974.[22]ThefollowingyearsawthereleaseoftheMITSAltair8800basedontheIntel8080CPU,andGatesandAllensawthisastheopportunitytostarttheirowncomputersoftwarecompany.[23]Hehadtalkedthisdecisionoverwithhisparents,whoweresupportiveofhimafterseeinghowmuchGateswantedtostartacompany.[21]
Microsoft
Mainarticles:
HistoryofMicrosoftandMicrosoft
BASIC
AfterreadingtheJanuary1975issueofPopularElectronicsthatdemonstratedtheAltair8800,GatescontactedMicroInstrumentationandTelemetrySystems(MITS),thecreatorsofthenewmicrocomputer,toinformthemthatheandotherswereworkingonaBASICinterpreterfortheplatform.[24]Inreality,GatesandAllendidnothaveanAltairandhadnotwrittencodeforit;
theymerelywantedtogaugeMITS'
sinterest.MITSpresidentEdRobertsagreedtomeetthemforademo,andoverthecourseofafewweekstheydevelopedanAltairemulatorthatranon