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1、Furtherdevelopment1.AboutBillGatesBiographyWilliamH.Gates ChairmanandChiefExecutiveOfficer MicrosoftCorporation William(Bill)H.GatesIIIisco-founder,chairmanandchiefexecutiveofficerofMicrosoftCorporation,theworld'sleadingproviderofsoftwareforpersonalcomputers.BillGateswasbo
2、rnonOctober28,1955.HeandhistwosistersgrewupinSeattle.Theirfather,WilliamH.GatesII,isaSeattleattorney.MaryGates,theirlatemother,wasaschoolteacher,UniversityofWashingtonregentandchairwomanofUnitedWayInternational.GatesattendedpublicelementaryschoolbeforemovingontotheprivateL
3、akesideSchoolinNorthSeattle.ItwasatLakesidethatGatesbeganhiscareerinpersonalcomputersoftware,programmingcomputersatage13.In1973,GatesenteredHarvardUniversityasafreshman,whereheliveddownthehallfromSteveBallmer,whoisnowMicrosoft'spresident.WhileatHarvard,Gatesdevelopedaversi
4、onoftheprogramminglanguageBASICforthefirstmicrocomputer-theMITSAltair.BASICwasfirstdevelopedbyJohnKemenyandThomasKurtzatDartmouthCollegeinthemid-1960s.Inhisjunioryear,GatesdroppedoutofHarvardtodevotehisenergiesfull-timetoMicrosoft,acompanyhehadstartedin1975withhisboyhoodfr
5、iendPaulAllen.Guidedbyabeliefthatthepersonalcomputerwouldbeavaluabletooloneveryofficedesktopandineveryhome,theybegandevelopingsoftwareforpersonalcomputers.Gates'foresightandvisionregardingpersonalcomputinghavebeencentraltothesuccessofMicrosoftandthesoftwareindustry.Gatesis
6、activelyinvolvedinkeymanagementandstrategicdecisionsatMicrosoft,andplaysanimportantroleinthetechnicaldevelopmentofnewproducts.MuchofhistimeisdevotedtomeetingwithcustomersandstayingincontactwithMicrosoftemployeesaroundtheworldthroughe-mail.UnderGates'leadership,Microsoft'sm
7、issioniscontinuouslytoadvanceandimprovesoftwaretechnology,andtomakeiteasier,morecost-effectiveandmoreenjoyableforpeopletousecomputers.Thecompanyiscommittedtoalong-termview,whichisreflectedinitsinvestmentofsome$2.6billionforresearchanddevelopmentduringthecurrentfiscalyear.I
8、n1995GateswroteTheRoadAhead,hisvisionofwhereinformationtechnologywilltakesociety.Co-autho
