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   Steve Perlman

   With funding from a variety of sources (including Paul Allen who with Bill Gates founded Microsoft), WebTV Networks went live in September 1996.
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   Bill Gates

   From Microsoft's founding in 1975 until 2006, Gates had primary responsibility for the company's product strategy. ... bgC3, a new think-tank company founded by Bill Gates.
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   Microsoft

   The company's first international office was founded on November 1, 1978, in Japan, entitled "ASCII Microsoft" (now called "Microsoft Japan"). ... Microsoft's two founders - Bill Gates and Paul Allen - were made instant millionaires by the offering, but they didn't seem fazed by all the hoopla.
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   History of Microsoft

   The History of Microsoft began on April 4, 1975, when it was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque.
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   Criticism of Microsoft

   When Microsoft discovered that its first product, Altair BASIC, was subject to widespread illegal copying, Microsoft founder Bill Gates wrote an Open Letter to Hobbyists that openly accused many hobbyists of stealing software.
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   Paul Allen

   Allen co-founded Microsoft (initially "Micro-Soft") with Bill Gates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1975, and began marketing a BASIC programming language interpreter.
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   Windows Vista

   When asked by Gizmodo at CES 2008 what Microsoft product could have used more polish before release, Microsoft founder Bill Gates himself replied, "Ask me after we ship the next version of Windows.
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   Bill Gates (frontiersman)

   Despite the similarity in name and geography, there is no apparent family relationship between "Swiftwater Bill" and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
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   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

   The B&MGF was endowed by Bill Gates, chairman and founder of Microsoft and his wife, Melinda Gates in January 2000, through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation and the William H. Gates Foundation. ... | Founded | 2000 |
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    William H. Gates, Sr.

    He is the father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. ... He practiced law until 1998, primarily with the law firm which he co-founded as Shidler & King in 1964, later known as Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, today known as K&L Gates.

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