Computers
Bill Gates bows out of Microsoft
Bill Gates, chairman and founder of Microsoft spent his last day as a full-time employee of Microsoft yesterday.
A little history on Bill Gates:
October 28, 1955
William Henry Gates III is born in Seattle. His grandmother Adelle nicknames him “Trey,” the cardplayer’s term for a three. He later becomes an avid poker player.
1967
Gates, a difficult sixth grader, asks his mother, “Have you ever tried thinking?”
1971
Gates writes programs for Lakeside (an exclusive boys school in Seattle), including one that creates class schedules; he manages to put himself in classes with the “right” girls.
September 1973
Gates enrolls at Harvard University. Academically, his record is spotty — having a near-photographic memory helps him cram, but he often misses class, neglecting showers and living on pizza and soda while programming and playing poker.
January 1975
Paul Allen sees the cover of Popular Electronics — a picture of the Altair 8800 computer and the headline “World’s First Minicomputer Kit to Rival Commercial Models”. He buys the issue and rushes to Gates’ room. A few days later, Gates calls MITS, maker of the Altair, and tells the company he and Allen could develop a version of Basic for the 8800.
November 26, 1976
Gates and Allen register the trade name Microsoft. They had considered the name Allen & Gates Inc., then Micro-Soft, but decided to drop the hyphen. Allen is 23, Gates 21.
November 26, 1976 
Gates and Allen register the trade name Microsoft. They had considered the name Allen & Gates Inc., then Micro-Soft, but decided to drop the hyphen. Allen is 23, Gates 21.
January 24, 1984
Gates attends an event to introduce the Macintosh — MS is one of the first software developers for Apple’s machine.
August 1, 1989
Microsoft Office debuts.
July 17, 1995
Gates becomes the richest man in the world at 39, with a fortune of $12.9 billion. Microsoft’s revenue for 1995 is $5.9 billion; the company has 17,801 employees.
December 2005
Bill and Melinda Gates join Bono as Time‘s Persons of the Year.
March 2008
After 13 years atop Forbes‘ list of the world’s richest, Gates slips to the third position with a mere $58 billion. His old card-playing buddy Buffett replaces him at number one. Poor, poor Bill.
More on his life and career here
Animator vs animation
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Thanks Gene
10 things you can clean is your dishwasher – besides dishes
Hubcaps and wheel covers- Baseball hats
- Computer keyboards
- Crocs and other plastic shoes
- Hand and garden tools
Here’s how you wash keyboard:
I don’t want to know how your keyboard got that sticky, but… Pop out the keys and put them in the utensil container. Lay the keyboard face down on the top rack and wrap the USB connection jack tightly. Run the wash on the normal cycle. Let it all dry completely before you put the keys back on, and your keyboard will be squeaky clean and germ free.
