INTRODUCTION
INTERNET HISTORY
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Bill Gates
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Steve Jobs
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Charles Babbage
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Professor John Vincent Atanasoff
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Detailed explanation-1: -Inspired by the January cover of Popular Electronics magazine, friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft – sometimes Micro-Soft, for microprocessors and software – to develop software for the Altair 8800, an early personal computer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bill co-founded Microsoft Corporation in 1975 with Paul Allen and led the company to become the worldwide leader in business and personal software and services. In 2008, Bill transitioned to focus full-time on the foundation’s work.
Detailed explanation-3: -MITS agreed to distribute it, marketing it as Altair BASIC. Gates and Allen established Microsoft on April 4, 1975, with Gates as CEO, and Allen suggested the name “Micro-Soft", short for micro-computer software.