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friend Paul Allen were soon spending all their time writing programmes and learning
about computers instead of doing their homework.
After finishing school in 1973, Bill went to Harvard, America’s most famous
university. Most of the time he worked on the computers in the university laboratory.
The next year, he and Paul Allen wrote an operating programme for the Altair, one of
the world’s first microcomputers. Bill knew, even then, that he would revolutionize
the world of computing and he left Harvard before finishing his studies.
The two friends started Microsoft in 1975, and very soon it became a business
success.
In 1980, Gates bought a small company that produced an operating system called
DOS. He made some changes to it and renamed it MS-DOS. He sold the rights to use
this system to IBM. Since 1980 MS-DOS has been the standard operating system for
all PCs. Microsoft has also developed such well-known programmes as Windows,
Excel and Internet Explorer.
Bill’s dream to computerize everything – TVs, telephones, lights, even the way
you cook dinner…
One reason for his success is that Bill has always been very ambitious and hard-
working.
This hasn’t left him much time for a normal personal life, but in 1994 he married
Melinda French, a Microsoft employee. The couple has two children: a daughter,
born in 1996, and a son, born in 1999. bill Gates has written two books, The Road
Ahead (1995) and Business and the Speed of Thought (1999). Both books are best-
sellers.
Bill hasn’t got much free time, but when he has a chance he likes playing golf and
bridge. He is also fond of reading about science.
For such a rich person, his life is simple, and he spends very little on himself.
When it comes to helping others, though, Gates is very generous. The Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation has already given $300 million to charity, and he says he
plans to give away almost all of his wealth when he retires.
N o t e s :
1. icon [`aikon], n – идол, кумир
2. break up, v - разделить
3. quick mind - сообразительность
4. late, adj - покойная

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