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   Bill Gates

   After his administrators became aware of his programming abilities, Gates wrote the school's computer program to schedule students in classes. ... ↑ "Microsoft's Teflon Bill".
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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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   History of Microsoft

   In 1985, IBM requested that Microsoft write a new operating system for their computers called the OS/2; Microsoft wrote the operating system, but also continued to sell their own version of it, which was in direct competition with the OS/2. ... ↑ "Bill Gates: A Timeline".
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   Microsoft

   Gates was in Australia on business. ... Over 2,000 employees signed a petition asking Microsoft to reinstate support for the bill.
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   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

   ↑ Microsoft PressPass (June 15 2006). ... TIME's 2005 "Persons of the Year" Bill & Melinda Gates, and Bono.
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   TRS-80 Model 100 line

   The Model 100 firmware was the last Microsoft product that Bill Gates developed personally, along with Suzuki. According to Gates, "part of my nostalgia about this machine is this was the last machine where I wrote a very high percentage of the code in the product".
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   List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft

   "April 4, 1975: Bill Gates, Paul Allen Form a Little Partnership". ... Microsoft.
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   United States Microsoft antitrust case

   Bill Gates testifying August 27 1998 See external links for full video ... Andrew Chin, an antitrust law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who assisted Judge Jackson in drafting the findings of fact, wrote that the settlement gave Microsoft "a special antitrust immunity to license Windows and other 'platform software' under contractual terms that destroy freedom of competition."
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   Microsoft Surface

   In 2003, the team presented the idea to the Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, in a group review. ... IdentityMine: Microsoft Surface customized applications
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    Jim Allchin

    Microsoft ... Valloppillil wrote two memos that were intended for Senior Vice-President Paul Maritz (at the time, the most senior executive after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer).

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