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Bill Gates born 10/28/55 Became interested in software and began programming computers at the age of 13. He entered Harvard in 1973 and While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. He left Harvard in 1975 to focus on the company he started with his childhood friend Paul Allen, Microsoft. Over time as the company and technology grew, it became an important aspect of daily life. =WINDOWS 2.0 v.s. WINDOWS 7=

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William Gates and Paul Allen decided on their own that the Altair needed software and took it upon themselves to contact MITS owner Ed Roberts and offer to provide him with a BASIC which would run on the Altair. BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) They later went on to form Microsoft and produce BASIC and operating systems for various machines.

Under project “Interface Manager” was started September 1981 until November 1985, Windows 1 was released. From the picture below of Windows 2, boxes became titled because of any programs such as Calculator, Notepad, Calendar, Paint and etc.

Windows 95 was complete success after the release of Windows 2. Many of the bugs were fixed and Plug n Play was easier. A brand new add-on was introduced: Internet Explorer. It a web browser from Microsoft and competed with Netscape which was the web browser at the period. It was not included in the original version but services packs was released with Internet explorer. Windows XP was released 2001 offering new features such as:

Window XP was now defined as tow different entities with Professional and Home edition. XP O.S. (operating systems) was implemented in atms..
 * A translucent blue selection rectangle in Explorer
 * Drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop
 * Task-based sidebars in Explorer windows ("common tasks")
 * The ability to group the taskbar buttons of the windows of one application into one button
 * The ability to lock the taskbar and other toolbars to prevent accidental changes
 * The highlighting of recently added programs on the Start menu
 * Shadows under menus

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