All The Best Bill !

Today is Bill Gates last day at Microsoft, the worlds largest software company. Its just plain sad that the most charismatic face in the Microsoft Kingdom is leaving. Going forward, Bill Gates appears to be dedicating his time and influence for charity. His charity is already one of the most important and recognized charity organizations in the world and it is good to hear that the 52-year-old Gates will be spending even more time on this effort.

25 years ago, IBM 1550 was introduced on August 12, 1981, which boasted of 16K memory with no disk drive, and cost around $1500. Cassette tape was the storage medium. Larger IBM computers of the era cost millions and required an air conditioned quarter-acre of space and 50 to 60 people to operate. IBM looked to other companies while working on the 1550, and one of them was known as Microsoft. IBM asked them to develop the operating system by using outside vendors for parts and the operating system. IBM was able to introduce the PC in less than a year after conception.

 

 

IBM did not require Microsoft to give it exclusive rights, so Microsoft began developing operating systems for other manufacturers. They produced PCDOS for IBM and MSDOS for everyone else.Microsoft became the premier producer of operating system and software, making Bill Gates and hundreds of other people millionaires. Continued growth and Bill Gate became the weathiest person in the world, worth more than 40 billion dollars (USD).

All the best Bill!