Bill Gates Biography
(Dickson, 63) Excel is now on tons of millions of computers worldwide. Apple also let Microsoft use Apple’s OS while they were developing Windows 1.0, that later turned out to be a huge success, and a huge loss for Apple. When Windows 1.0 came out, a new piece of hardware came with it. It was called a mouse. Mouses are now widely used on all computers that run Windows, and many other OS’s. The mouse was developed to move around on the GUI (Graphic User Interface, pronounced “gooey”). It could be used to execute files and do achieve many other adjectives that couldn’t be achieved before the mouse was invented, but Microsoft didn’t invent the mouse, Apple did.
Apple then slapped a law suit on Microsoft for stealing their idea. Microsoft said that a graphic user interface (GUI) was not their idea. If anything it was Xerox’s idea that first came out with GUI for their copiers in the late 1970’s. Apple ended up losing the law suit. Since then, Microsoft has had a ton of law suits against them, such as the law suit that got filed on them by the US Justice Dept. and twenty other states for being a Monopoly. Microsoft denied the accusation, saying they did nothing wrong. A judge ruled that Microsoft should be slit into two parts. Microsoft then to the case to the court of appeals who over turned the verdict. Microsoft then agreed to give other software companies more freedom. (Gates, Bill, 1)
Bill also has a life outside of Microsoft. He has a wife and one child. He and Melinda French got married in 1994, in Hawaii. (Dickson, 91) His daughter, Jennifer Katherine, was born on April 26, 1996. He’s also written several books. One, The Road Ahead held the number 1 spot on New York Times Bestseller list for 7 weeks straight. (Bill Gates, 2) Bill is an avid reader and enjoys playing golf and bridge in his spare time. (Bill Gates, 2)
Works Cited
“Bill Gates” www.microsoft.com/billgates/bio.asp
“Gates, Bill” Grolier Publishing Co.: 2003
Dickson, Joan. Bill Gates Billionaire Computer Genius Enslow
Publishers, Inc.: Spring field, NJ, 1997.