Bill Gates

Early Life


 Bill Gates was born on October 28 th, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, to William H. Gates Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates. He has one older sister, Kristianne, and one younger sister, Libby. Being the fourth of his name in the family, Gates was known as William Gates III or “Trey.” He comes from English, German, and Scottish-Irish decent.

Gates took his first interest in programming when he was thirteen with a Teletype Model 33 ASR terminal and a General Electric computer. The Mothers Club purchased the computers through a rummage sale. Gates was later excused from math class to pursue his interest in programming. After the Mothers Club funds were exhausted, he and other students worked with DEC PDP minicomputers. Gates and three other students were later banned from the systems after they were found exploiting buds in the operating system to gain computer time.

After the ban, Gates and the other three students offered to find bugs in Computer Center Cooperation’s (CCC) software in exchange for computer time. Gates began studying source coding on several programs at CCC. These programs included FORTRAN, LISP, and machine language. Gates continued to work with CCC until they went out of business in 1970. Information Sciences, Inc. hired the four students the following year to write a payroll program in COBOL and provided them with royalties and computer time.

Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973 and enrolled at Harvard College in the autumn. “ In his sophomore year, Gates devised an algorithm for pancake sorting as a solution to one of a series of unsolved problems presented in a combinatorics class by Harry Lewis, one of his professors. Gates’ solution held the record as the fastest version for over thirty years; its successor is faster by only one percent” (Bill Gates). Gates never had a definite study plan at Harvard, yet spent most of his time using their computers.

In 1975 MITS Altair 8800 based on the Intel 8080 CPU was released, and Gates saw this as an opportunity to start his own computer software company. He then dropped out of Harvard, with the support of his parents. ==Publications, patents, and other intellectual property ==



Tarf-O-Data: At age 13, while in high school, Bill Gates created his first software along with a group of programmers. They computerized their schools payroll system and founded Tarf-O-Data, a company that sold traffic-counting systems to local governments.

BASIC
Gates and a hometown friend, Paul Allen, paired up in 1975 during his sophomore year at Harvard University to develop software for the first microcomputers. They began by adapting BASIC, a popular programming language used on large computers, for use on Altair microcomputers.

Microsoft
In 1977 Gates dropped out of Harvard during his junior year, and together he and Allen formed Microsoft.

MS-DOS
Gate’s and Allen’s big break came when they developed the operating system called MS-DOS for the first IBM personal computer. They later persuaded other manufactures to standardize their systems to run MS-DOS. Throughout the 1980’s, MS-DOS took hold of the market and gained significant popularity.

Windows 1.0
In 1983 Microsoft announced its release of Windows 1.0, which promised a graphical user interface (GUI), better graphics, and multitasking. Although, with very few compatible applications, Windows did not sell well.

Windows 2.0
Following Windows 1.0, over the next five years, Bill Gates released a number of upgraded windows 2.0 versions which added many programs, versatility, and features.

Windows 3.0
In 1990, Microsoft created a new version of Windows Called Windows 3.0. This version was much more popular than the previous versions and sold more than 10 million copies. Windows 3.0 had a much improved GUI and more advanced features. Quickly Windows 3.0 was followed by Windows 3.1, 3.11, and workgroups which added networking support.

Following Windows 3.0
Building on Windows 3.0, Microsoft developed Windows 95, followed by Windows 98, 2000, Millennium Edition and the current version Windows XP. With each new release Microsoft has gained more market share as well as several new and improved applications such as Office and a variety of games.

Windows XP
Released October 2001 windows XP offered better multimedia support and increased performance. According to Microsoft, "the XP in Windows XP stands for experience, symbolizing the innovative experiences that Windows can offer to personal computer users."

Windows Vista
Windows Vista was released in 2006 with the strongest security system of all. It also displayed a whole new look with newer improved features.

Windows 7
Windows 7 was released October 2009, with added features such as Snap, Peek, and Shake. It also allows you to stream video, music and photos from your PC to a stereo or TV. It is the fastest selling operating system in history.

Career
Gates attended Harvard in 1973, where he met Steve Ballmer who is now Microsoft’s president. While he was enrolled at Harvard, he developed an “interpreter” version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer (the MITS Altair).

During his junior year at Harvard, he decided to drop out to dedicate his time fully to Microsoft, the company him and his childhood friend Paul Allen started in 1975. They began developing software for personal computers, guided by a vision that every home and office would come to rely on personal computers as a valuable tool.

A milestone in Gates’ career arrived in 1980, when IBM asked for his assistance on their personal computer project (Project Chess). For this, Gates created the Microsoft Disc Operating System (MS-DOS), which sold more than 100 million copies by the early 1990’s.

In 1983, Microsoft announced its release of Windows 1.0, which was Microsoft’s first attempt at implementing a multitasking GUI; over the next five years, Microsoft continued to release upgraded windows versions, adding new features and programs.

In 1989, he started a company called Corbis, which developed one of the largest resources of visual information in the world. Corbis Corporation owns the rights to 800,000 digitized images, and these images are licensed by newspapers and magazines and published by them in either print or electronic form.

In 1990, Microsoft created a new and updated version of Windows called Windows 3.0; it had an improved GUI, added features and technical improvements. Microsoft later unveiled Windows 95 and 98, which were major updates of the worlds leading operation system. In the first three days of Windows 98 being released, Microsoft sold more than 500,000 copies. By the end of 1998, Gates was the wealthiest self-made man with a worth of $39 billion.

Awards and recognitions
Since 1987, as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, Bill Gates hasconsistently been listed on Forbes list of billionaires. Currently he is listed as number 1 on Forbes list of the 400 Richest People in America, number 2 on the list of the World’s Billionaires, and number 5 on the list of the World’s Most Powerful People. In the long run, all years of hard work, many failed attempts, and the late nights staying up drinking soda, has paid off for him and his family. By being so influential and wealthy, Bill Gates and his wife have been able to spend their time focusing on their foundation, which has led to the retrieval of many philanthropic awards along with other achievement awards.

In 1994, Gates was named CEO of the year by Chief Executive Officers magazine and was also honored as the 20thDistinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society. Later, the Sunday Times listed Gates on their power list in 1999 and in 2001 The Guardian included him as one of the top 100 influential people in the media. These recognitions honor Gates on his early achievements as a young developer. Moving into the later 90’s, Time Magazine ranked Gates number one in the Top 50 Cyber Elite in 1998, and number two in the Upside Elite 100. Time Magazine additionally named Bill Gates as one of the top 100 people who have influenced the 20thcentury most, and one of the 100 most influential people of 2004, 2005, and 2006. In 2005, the magazine named him person of the year and in 2006 Time voted him eighth in the list of Heroes of Our Time.

Later awards include, the Order of the Aztec Eagle in November 2006 for him and his wife’s philanthropic work around the world, especially in Mexico. He received the first Einstein award in December 2008 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the American Friends of the Hebrew University. He was awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace due to his involvement with promoting international peace. Gates was awarded the 2010 Bower Award for Business Leadership of the Franklin Institute for his business and philanthropic achievements. The Boy Scouts of America awarded Gates with the Silver Buffalo in 2010, which is the highest honor awarded to adults. The Silver Buffalo was awarded to Gates for his service to youth throughout the years. In 2011, Forbes had again ranked Gates on another lists but this time he was ranked as the fifth most powerful person in the world. Finally, the most recent award received by Bill along with his wife was the Klingenstein Leadership Award for their influence as educators.

Besides receiving awards, Bill Gates has also been honored in other ways such as receiving honorary doctorates from:

- Nyenrode Business Universiteit, Breukelen, The Netherlands, in 2000

-The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden in 2002

-Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, in 2005

-Tsinghua Univerisyt, Beijing, China, in April 2007

-Harvard University in June 2007

-The Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, in January 2008

-Cambridge University in June 2009

He was made an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 2005 and made an honorary trustee of Peking University in 2007. Lastly, entomologists honored him for his contributions to the science of Dipterology by naming the Eristalis gatesi, the Bill Gates flower fly.

Contributions
Bill Gates has been one of the most successful pioneers in the computer industry. After Gates dropped out of Harvard in 1975, he and Paul Allen founded what would become Microsoft as we know it. In their beginnings, they worked together to fine-tune a version of BASIC for the first microcomputer-the MITS Altair. They wrote other programs for the early Apple and Commodore machines also. BASIC was first developed by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz at Dartmouth College in the mid-1960s. In 1976, Gates and Allen registered the trademark “Microsoft”. In 1981, Gates incorporated and bought the rights to the name DOS, an operating system that controlled the way a computer ran, from Seattle Computer Products. He modified it and renamed it MS-DOS, and the company licensed it to IBM for the company’s new personal computer. Then he convinced IBM to allow others to write software compatible with MS-DOS. He also convinced other manufacturers of computers to standardize their machines to only work with MS-DOS. Gates went on to develop other applications such as the word processor, which allowed for more efficient editing of documents. In 1990, Gates created Windows 3.0, with much improved features and a GUI, which sold more than 10 million copies.

In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $800 million to charities, including $200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America take advantage of new technologies and the Information Age. Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft's mission is continuously to advance and improve software technology, and to make it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company is committed to a long-term view, which is reflected in its investment of some $2.6 billion for research and development during the current fiscal year. In 2000, Gates resigned as the CEO of Microsoft. He now spends more on software architecture and less time with running the company.

Gates’ contributions also include several books. In 1995 he published “The Road Ahead”, his vision of where information technology will take society. Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System was released in 1999. It covers the question “So where do you want to go tomorrow?” Gates offers a 12-step program for companies wanting to do business in the next millennium.

 Critical Analysis and Interpretation What follows is an in-depth collection of analytical and interpretative articles that detail some of the more key aspects of Bill Gates’ education, career, and character. Along with the cited sources, of where this information can be found, I will also provide a brief summation of what each reference is trying to express about this influential information scientist.

Intellectual Analysis
In this article from Forbes.com, Bill Gates is talked about in a number of ways that refer back to his intelligence. One of the more noteworthy elements that's alluded to Bill’s success is his sense of clarity in addressing his goals. This source portrays the aspects of Gate’s focus to be what ultimately allowed him to drop out of Harvard to pursue his dream of starting Microsoft at the age of 20.

This article from Buzzle.com, notes that Bill Gates had a knack for areas such as mathematics and science when he was younger. His level of giftedness for technical thinking is expressed as leading to his inevitable boredom at school, and subsequent enrollment at a private school that promised a level of intense academia to better serve his needs.

Business/Leadership
This Scribd.com article accredits Mr. Gates for his business prowess in terms of the founding/chairmanship of Microsoft, as well as the establishment of allowing this company to become the world’s largest software provider for personal computers. It is also mentioned here that Bill Gates still has a degree of involvement in key management decisions that have to do with business strategy at Microsoft.

This Blogspot.com source states that under Bill Gates leadership, Microsoft was able to apply a vision of continual advancement in the field of software technology. This goal's realization is due to the leading ability of Bill Gates and the way he is able to run his company as he deems necessary.

Personal Interpretation
In this analytical source, the development of an early interest in computer science is what led a young Bill Gates, in grade 7, to begin the path towards his life dreams. This article also talks about how Bill was able to meet his future business partner, Paul Allen, at Seattle’s Lakeside School due to their similar interests in technology.

Finally, this blog post is a great source of information when discussing Bill’s involvement in charity work and philanthropy. The key focus of this article is the foundation and work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that addresses many global issues, such as cancer, AIDS, hunger, and malaria. This foundation is also stated as having an interest in helping the poor and providing educational support where needed.

All together, these critiques are an invaluable asset into the analysis and interpretation of one of society’s most influential and brilliant information scientists, Bill Gates. Through what can be learned from this examination of Bill’s educational, business, and personal life, we can start to see what it is that must be present for someone to become the next Bill Gates.

Application to IT or ITC professionals
Bill Gates, along with his partner Paul Allen, are responsible for creating the most widely used operating systems on the planet. Accounting for nearly 70% of world users, Windows, in all of its versions, provides the muscle for countless applications, programs, libraries, and development environments.

For budding IT and ITC professionals alike, this means that at some point in their career, they will come into direct contact with any number of iterations laid out by Gates and company. Having the skills to competently navigate through Windows GUI aside, this means that the marketability for Windows OS proficiency is both incredibly high, and very lucrative. 

<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Still deeper into the opportunities associated with Gate's creation are the ever growing opportunities in the game development industry. Microsoft's flagship X-box 360 encompasses billions of dollars every year, and the demand for professionals of every discipline continues to expand. Some of these career paths include;

Programmers

Graphic designers

Web development professionals

System administrators

Database administrators

Social networking specialist

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The need for these and other interdiciplinary computing professionals is on a near constanly expanding plaform. ITand ITC professionals can utilize their interdisciplinary training to fill and number of these openings, with ample opportunity to rise up the digital ladder.

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Programming languages have come a long way from Gate and Allen's days using BASIC. Today Microsoft employs thousands of programmers using languages that span everything from C and C++, to Python and Javascript. This opens the door to a vast range of applications and programs for the up and coming IT/ITC majors. The need for one for many language professionals is always growing, and always making room for new minds. <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">

Early Life by Natalie Clark
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Career by Taylor Guistwite
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Application to IT or ITC Professional by JCR11b
<span style="padding:0in;font-family:TimesNewRoman,serif;color:black;">"Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates." Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2012. <http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2006/jun06/06-15CorpNewsPR.aspx>.

"Browser Statistics." Browser Statistics. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2012. <http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp>.

"From Pre-PC to Post-PC: Happy Birthday, Microsoft." BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2012. <http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/04/from-pre-pc-to-post-pc-happy-birthday-microsoft/>.

Publication, patents, and other intellectual property by Elizabeth Huszagh
<span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:15.75pt;text-indent:-0.5in;">Investing Blog. (n.d.). <span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:15.75pt;text-indent:-0.5in;"> '' Bill Gates Biography. ''<span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:15.75pt;text-indent:-0.5in;"> <span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:15.75pt;text-indent:-0.5in;">Retrieved from Investing Value: <span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:15.75pt;text-indent:-0.5in;"> http://www.investingvalue.com/investment-leaders/bill-gates/index.htm

<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">The editors of encyclopedia of britannica. (2008, June 27). '' Bill Gates. '' Retrieved from encyclopedia of britannica:

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<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">A history of Windows. Microsoft, n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2012:

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<h3 style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Awards and Recognition by Megan Lester <span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:15.75pt;">Kumar, S. (no date). World’s Top Management Gurus. '' Management Gurus. ''<span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:15.75pt;">Retrieved September 19, 2012, from http://www.managementgurus.org/Bill+Gates

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Forbes. (2012). Profile of Bill Gates. '' Forbes. ''Retrieved September 19, 2012 from http://www.forbes.com/profile/bill-gates/

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Protalinski, E. (2008, July 10). Bill Gates to Receive the First Einstein Award in December. Arstechnica. Retrieved September 19, 2012 from http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/07/bill-gates-to-receive-the-first-einstein-award-in-december/

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Thompson, F. (1999, August 19). Bill Gates’ Flower Fly. The Diptera Site. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/diptera/syrphid/gates.htm

Contributions by Alexander Hunting
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<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:13.5pt;">Critical Analysis and Interpretation by Alexander Miller
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<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dyuvraj117. "Leadership Style of Billgates." <span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scribd <span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">23 Sept. 2012 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> < http://www.scribd.com/doc/16315025/Leadership-Style-of-Billgates >. <span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Brad's Individual Deliverables." : Leadership Analysis of William H. Gates. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">23 Sept. 2012 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> <<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">http://bradcrandall1.blogspot.com/2005/11/leadership-analysis-of-william-h-gates.html <span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">>. <span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">

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<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">"HBR Blog Network." Harvard Business Review. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">23 Sept. 2012 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> <<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">http://blogs.hbr.org/krishnamurthy/2008/06/bill-gates-entrepreneur-manage.html <span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">>.

Application to IT or ITC professionals by Jordan Roberts
<span style="line-height:15.75pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;color:black;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">"Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates." <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates <span style="line-height:15.75pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2012. <http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2006/jun06/06-15CorpNewsPR.aspx>.

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "Browser Statistics." Browser Statistics. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2012. <http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp>.

"From Pre-PC to Post-PC: Happy Birthday, Microsoft." BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2012. <http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/04/from-pre-pc-to-post-pc-happy-birthday-microsoft/>

Edited by Steve Saint-Ulysse.
Checked the grammar, fixed the format and everything looks good