Bill Gates - Билл Гейтс (1)
William Henry Gates, also known as «Bill», has established himself as the richest man in the world.
He is the youngest self made billionaire, and perhaps the best businessman in the world. Bill Gates is important because he did not only change the computer technology in America, but also created the biggest, strongest, richest and the most powerful company in the world.
Bill was born on October 28, 1955, his parents, Mary and Bill, had one other daughter Kristi.
Gates began his career in PC software, programming computers at age 13.
As to his education, he attended a well-known private school in Seattle, Washington called Lakeside. At Lakeside, he met his future business partner Paul Allen. Bill Gates entered Harvard in 1973.
He created the programming language BASIC. Gates attended Harvard University and after a few years Gates and his business collaborator, Paul Allen, dropped ou t of Harvard to begin the Microsoft Corporation in 1975.
Throughout his life, Gates had many experiences with business. Allen and Gates started a small company called Traf-O-Data. They sold a small computer outfitted with their program that could count traffic for the city.
Gates also worked at a programming company called "TRW. After all his minor jobs, Gates and Allen founded Microsoft in 1975, the largest computer based company in the world. Gates is the Chief Executive officer and Paul Allen is VP. They are both very wealthy due to this business.
Gates believes that if you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence you can accomplish anything.
Bill works very hard to carry out his vision. His belief in high intelligence and hard work is what put him where he is today, as well as being in the right place at the right time. He doesn"t believe in luck or any sort of god, just hard work and competitiveness.
«Trey» as he is called at home is a remarkable man who has been able to go into the world spotlight as a genius at what he does. His welfare until today is worth about 92,000,000,000 dollars.
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Уильям Генри Гейтс, известный также как Билл, сделал себя богатейшим человеком в мире.
Он самый молодой миллионер, который заработал деньги сам и, возможно, самый лучший бизнесмен в мире. Билл Гейтс важен не только тем, что совершил переворот в мире компьютеров в Соединенных Штатах, но и тем, что создал самую большую, самую мощную, самую богатую и самую влиятельную компанию в мире.
Гейтс начал свою карьеру в сфере программного обеспечения для персональных компьютеров в возрасте 13 лет.
Что касается образования., он посещал широко известную частную школу в Сиэтле, штат Вашингтон, которая называлась Лейксайд. В Лейксайде он встретил своего будущего партнера по бизнесу Поля Аллена. Билл Гейтс поступил в Гарвард в 1973 году.
Он создал язык программирования Бейсик. Гейтс посещал Гарвардский университет и через несколько лет вместе с Алленом ушел из Гарварда, чтобы в 1975 году создать корпорацию «Майкрософт».
За свою жизнь Гейтс накопил большой опыт. Аллен и Гейтс организовали компанию, которая называлась «Треф-О-Дейта». Они продали маленький компьютер, снабженный написанной ими программой для подсчета городского транспорта.
Гейтс также работал в компании, которая называлась TRW. После всего этого, Гейтс и Аллен основали в 1975 году «Майкрософт», самую большую компьютерную компанию в мире. Гейтс - главный управляющий, Пол Аллен - вице-президент. Они оба очень богаты благодаря своему бизнесу.
Гейтс верит, что если ты интеллектуально развит и знаешь, как применять свой ум, ты можешь достигнуть всего, чего захочешь.
Билл очень много работает, чтобы доказать свою точку зрения. Его вера в сильный интеллект и тяжкий труд - это то, что сделало из него того, кем он сейчас является, наравне с тем, что он оказался в нужном месте в нужное время. Он не верит в удачу и ни в какого Бога, только в тяжелый труд и конкурентоспособность.
Трей, как его называют дома, замечательный человек, который смог попасть в центр внимания всего мира, считаясь гением того, что он делает. Он на данный момент владеет состоянием в 92 миллиарда долларов.
Уильям Генри Гейтс III
William Henry Gates III
I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.
Для выполнения тяжелой работы я выбираю ленивого человека. Потому что ленивый человек найдет простой способ её сделать.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.
Успех - паршивый учитель. Она соблазняет умных людей к мысли, что они не могут проиграть.
It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
Прекрасно праздновать успех, но более важно – внимать урокам неудач.
Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning.
Наш успех действительно был основан на партнерстве с самого начала.
I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft.
Я не сдал экзамены по некоторым предметам, но мой друг сдал все. Сейчас он работает инженером Microsoft, и я являюсь владельцем Microsoft.
Life is not fair; get used to it.
Жизнь несправедлива. Привыкайте к этому.
Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.
Жизнь не поделена на семестры. У вас не будет летних каникул, и не много работодателей заинтересованы вам помогать в поиске себя.
Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world…if you do so, you are insulting yourself.
Не сравнивайте себя ни с кем в этом мире … Если вы это сделаете, вы оскорбите себя.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Ваши самые несчастные клиенты являются вашим самым большим источником обучения.
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.
Мы всегда переоцениваем изменения, которые произойдут в ближайшие два года, и недооцениваем изменения, которые произойдут в ближайшие десять. Не позвольте себе быть убаюканными в бездействие.
If your culture doesn’t like geeks, you are in real trouble.
Если ваша культура не любит вундеркиндов, вы в настоящей беде.
If you give people tools, and they use their natural abilities and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected.
Если дадите людям инструменты, и они используют свои природные способности и своё любопытство, они разработают вещи такими способами, которые удивят вас, и превзойдут то, что вы могли бы ожидать.
Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There’s a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
Просто с точки зрения распределения временных ресурсов, религия является не очень эффективной. Там очень много чего еще, я мог бы доделать в воскресенье утром.
Spam will be a thing of the past in two years’ time.
Спам уйдёт в прошлое в течение двух лет. (2004)
Bill Gates (1)
William Henry Gates, also known as «Bill», has established himself as the richest man in the world.
He is the youngest self made billionaire, and perhaps the best businessman in the world. Bill Gates is important because he did not only change the computer technology in America, but also created the biggest, strongest, richest and the most powerful company in the world.
Bill was born on October 28, 1955, his parents, Mary and Bill, had one other daughter Kristi.
Gates began his career in PC software, programming computers at age 13.
As to his education, he attended a well-known private school in Seattle, Washington called Lakeside. At Lakeside, he met his future business partner Paul Allen. Bill Gates entered Harvard in 1973.
He created the programming language BASIC. Gates attended Harvard University and after a few years Gates and his business collaborator, Paul Allen, dropped ou t of Harvard to begin the Microsoft Corporation in 1975.
Throughout his life, Gates had many experiences with business. Allen and Gates started a small company called Traf-O-Data. They sold a small computer outfitted with their program that could count traffic for the city.
Gates also worked at a programming company called "TRW. After all his minor jobs, Gates and Allen founded Microsoft in 1975, the largest computer based company in the world. Gates is the Chief Executive officer and Paul Allen is VP. They are both very wealthy due to this business.
Gates believes that if you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence you can accomplish anything.
Bill works very hard to carry out his vision. His belief in high intelligence and hard work is what put him where he is today, as well as being in the right place at the right time. He doesn"t believe in luck or any sort of god, just hard work and competitiveness.
«Trey» as he is
called at home is a remarkable man who has been able to go into
the world spotlight as a genius at what he does. His welfare
until today is worth about 92,000,000,000 dollars.
Билл Гейтс (1)
Уильям Генри Гейтс, известный также как Билл, сделал себя богатейшим человеком в мире.
Он самый молодой миллионер, который заработал деньги сам и, возможно, самый лучший бизнесмен в мире. Билл Гейтс важен не только тем, что совершил переворот в мире компьютеров в Соединенных Штатах, но и тем, что создал самую большую, самую мощную, самую богатую и самую влиятельную компанию в мире.
Билл родился 28 октября 1955 года. У его родителей Мэри и Билла есть еще и дочь Кристи.
Гейтс начал свою карьеру в сфере программного обеспечения для персональных компьютеров в возрасте 13 лет.
Что касается образования., он посещал широко известную частную школу в Сиэтле, штат Вашингтон, которая называлась Лейксайд. В Лейксайде он встретил своего будущего партнера по бизнесу Поля Аллена. Билл Гейтс поступил в Гарвард в 1973 году.
Он создал язык программирования Бейсик. Гейтс посещал Гарвардский университет и через несколько лет вместе с Алленом ушел из Гарварда, чтобы в 1975 году создать корпорацию «Майкрософт».
За свою жизнь Гейтс накопил большой опыт. Аллен и Гейтс организовали компанию, которая называлась «Треф-О-Дейта». Они продали маленький компьютер, снабженный написанной ими программой для подсчета городского транспорта.
Гейтс также работал в компании, которая называлась TRW. После всего этого, Гейтс и Аллен основали в 1975 году «Майкрософт», самую большую компьютерную компанию в мире. Гейтс - главный управляющий, Пол Аллен - вице-президент. Они оба очень богаты благодаря своему бизнесу.
Гейтс верит, что если ты интеллектуально развит и знаешь, как применять свой ум, ты можешь достигнуть всего, чего захочешь.
Билл очень много работает, чтобы доказать свою точку зрения. Его вера в сильный интеллект и тяжкий труд - это то, что сделало из него того, кем он сейчас является, наравне с тем, что он оказался в нужном месте в нужное время. Он не верит в удачу и ни в какого Бога, только в тяжелый труд и конкурентоспособность.
Трей, как его называют дома,
замечательный человек, который смог попасть в центр внимания
всего мира, считаясь гением того, что он делает. Он на данный
момент владеет состоянием в 92 миллиарда долларов.
Questions:
1. Why is Bill
Gates important?
2. How did Gates begin his career?
3. Where did Bill Gates study?
4. When was the Microsoft Corporation begun?
5. What are Gates" beliefs?
6. How much is Gates" welfare worth?
Vocabulary:
software - программное обеспечение
to create - создавать
collaborator - сотрудник
to found - основать
due to - благодаря чему-либо
to apply - применять, прилагать
to accomplish - достигать
to carry out - выполнять, осуществлять
belief - убеждение
competitiveness - конкурентоспособность
remarkable - замечательный
spotlight - центр внимания
welfare - благосостояние
to be worth - стоить
William Henry Gates III, KBE, commonly known as Bill Gates, is an American businessman and a microcomputer pioneer. Along with others, he wrote the original Altair BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800 . With Paul Allen, he co-founded Microsoft Corporation, and is now its chairman and “Chief Software Architect”.
According to Forbes magazine, Gates is the wealthiest person in the world, even including heads of state whose wealth is tied to their position.
Bill Gates was born in Seattle, Washington, on October 28, 1955, to William H. Gates, Sr., a corporate lawyer, and Mary Maxwell Gates, board member of Berkshire Hathaway, First Interstate Bank, Pacific Northwest Bell and the national board of United Way. He is William Henry Gates III, his great-grandfather being the true William Henry Gates Sr.
Gates attended Lakeside School, Seattle’s most exclusive prep school, where he was able to develop his programming skills on the school’s minicomputer. In need of more computing power, Gates and his computer buddy, Paul Allen, sneaked into the University of Washington computer labs. They were later caught but struck an agreement with lab administrators by providing free computer help to students. He later went on to study at Harvard University but dropped out without graduating to pursue what would become a lifelong career in software development. It was while he was at Harvard that he met the current CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer. They were roommates during their freshman year.
While he was a student at Harvard, he co-wrote with Paul Allen the original Altair BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800 in the mid 1970s. It was inspired by BASIC, an easy-to-learn programming language developed at Dartmouth College for teaching purposes.
Gates married Melinda French on January 1, 1994. They have three children,
Jennifer Katharine Gates, Rory John Gates and Phoebe Adele Gates.
In 1994, Gates acquired the Codex Leicester, a collection of writings by Leonardo da Vinci; as of 2003 it was on display at the Seattle Art Museum.
On the cover of Time
Again on the cover of Time promoting the Xbox 360.In 1997, Gates was the victim of a bizarre extortion plot by Chicago resident Adam Quinn Pletcher. Gates testified at the subsequent trial. Pletcher was convicted and sentenced in July 1998 to six years in prison. In February 1998 Gates was attacked by Noël Godin with a cream pie.
According to Forbes, Gates donated money to the 2004 presidential campaign of George W. Bush. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Gates is cited as having donated at least $33,335 to over 50 political campaigns during the 2004 election cycle.
On December 14, 2004, Bill Gates joined Berkshire Hathaway’s board, formalizing the relationship between him and Warren Buffett. Berkshire Hathaway is a conglomerate that includes Geico, Benjamin Moore and Fruit of the Loom. Gates also serves on the board of Icos, a Bothell biotech company.
On March 2, 2005, the Foreign Office of the United Kingdom announced that Gates would receive the title of Knight of the British Empire for his contribution to enterprise in the United Kingdom and his efforts in poverty reduction around the world. Because he is not a Commonwealth citizen, he cannot use the title of “Sir” but he may put the letters “KBE” after his name.
The Gates family lives in the exclusive suburb of Medina, Washington, in a huge earth-sheltered home in the side of a hill overlooking Lake Washington. The Gates home is a very modern 21st century house in the “Pacific Lodge” style, with advanced electronic systems everywhere. In one respect though it is more like an 18th or 19th century mansion: it has a large private library with a domed reading room. While it does have a classic flavour, the home has many unique qualities. Visitors are surveyed and given a microchip upon entrance. This small chip sends signals throughout the house, and a given room’s temperature and other conditions will change according to preset user preferences. According to King County public records, as of 2002, the total assessed value of the property is $113 million, and the annual property tax is just over $1 million.
Microsoft Corporation.
In 1975, Gates and Allen co-founded Micro-Soft, later Microsoft Corporation, to market their version of BASIC, called Microsoft BASIC. Microsoft BASIC became the foundation of a successful software licensing business, being bundled with most home and personal computers of the 1970s and 1980s.
In February 1976, Bill Gates wrote the Open Letter to Hobbyists, which annoyed the computer hobbyist community by asserting that a commercial market existed for computer software. Gates stated in the letter that software should not be copied without the publisher’s permission, which he equated to piracy. While legally correct, Gates’ proposal was unprecedented in a community that was influenced by its ham radio legacy and hacker ethic, in which innovations and knowledge were freely shared in the community. Nevertheless, Gates was right about the market prospects, and his efforts paid off: Microsoft Corporation became one of the world’s most successful commercial enterprises and a key player in the creation of a retail software industry.
Microsoft’s key moment came when IBM was planning to enter the personal computer market with its IBM Personal Computer, which was released in 1981. IBM approached Microsoft for an operating system, but Microsoft did not have one to sell and referred IBM to Digital Research. At Digital Research, IBM representatives spoke to Gary Kildall’s wife Dorothy, but she declined to sign their standard non-disclosure agreement, which she considered overly burdensome. IBM then returned to talk to Microsoft. Gates obtained rights to a cloned design of CP/M, QDOS, from Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer products for $50,000 and licensed it to IBM for “about $80,000”, according to Gates, and MS-DOS/PC-DOS was born. Later, IBM discovered that Gates’ operating system could have infringement problems with CP/M, contacted Kildall, and in exchange for a promise not to sue, made an agreement that CP/M would be sold along with PC-DOS when the IBM PC was released. The price set by IBM for CP/M was $250, and for MS-DOS/PC-DOS it was $40. MS-DOS/PC-DOS outsold CP/M many times over, becoming the standard. Microsoft’s licensing deal with IBM was not particularly lucrative in itself, but critically, Microsoft retained the right to sell MS-DOS to other computer manufacturers. By marketing MS-DOS aggressively to manufacturers of IBM-PC clones, Microsoft gained unprecedented visibility in the microcomputer industry, even rivalling IBM.
In the mid-1980s Gates became excited about the possibilities of compact disc technology for storage and sponsored the publication of the book CD-ROM: The New Papyrus that promoted the idea of CD-ROM.
In the late 1980s, Microsoft and IBM partnered in the development of a more advanced operating system, OS/2. The operating system was marketed in connection with a new hardware design, the PS/2, that was proprietary to IBM. As the project progressed, Gates oversaw continuing friction with IBM over the system’s design, hardware support, and user interface. Ultimately he came to believe that IBM wanted to marginalize Microsoft from having any input in OS/2’s development. On May 16, 1991, Gates announced to Microsoft employees that the OS/2 partnership was over and Microsoft would henceforth focus its platform efforts on Windows and the NT kernel. In the ensuing years OS/2 fell to the side, and Windows became the favored PC platform.
During the transition from MS-DOS to Windows, Microsoft gained ground on application software competitors such as WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3.
Nearly a decade later, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser displaced Netscape’s Navigator, which many attributed to Microsoft’s inclusion of Internet Explorer in Windows at no extra charge. An opposing view is that the inclusion in Windows was less important in Internet Explorer’s adoption than Microsoft’s improvement of the browser’s features to a level comparable with Navigator.
As the architect of Microsoft’s product strategy, Gates has aggressively broadened the company’s range of products and, once it has obtained a leading position in a category, has vigorously defended that position. His and other Microsoft executives’ strategic decisions have more than once drawn the concern of competition regulators and in some cases have been ruled illegal.
In 2000, Gates promoted long-time friend and Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer to the role of Chief Executive Officer and took on the role of “Chief Software Architect”.
Bill Gates is an idol for many people who seek to make a success in business and earn big money.
To begin with, his background can be considered as unique one. The man was born in a wealthy family and had all means to build his capabilities. At the age of 14, he focused on programming and started studying it. Besides, he was very smart student to score 1590 out of 1600 on his SATs and consequently entered the Harvard College in 1973. Although, he made a decision to leave the college after after sophomore year of study to start up his own software company.
It is supposed that nothing can be compared with his achievements. The tripping -point for information technology to develop so powerfully nowadays was made by this intelligent and talented man. The Altair Basic programs had been written by mr. Gates. He also completed Microsoft, which is still used for the majority of PCs today. Moreover, he is one of the richest people with an asset of $59 billion in 2007 as well as one of the most influential people in the world. He and his wife are also very philanthropic, donating a great amount of money to many charitable organizations. His personal life was always private and was without any scandals. So, he has a beautiful wife, two daughters and smart son.
Билл Гейтс - кумир для многих людей, которые стремятся добиться успеха в бизнесе и заработать большие деньги.
Для начала, его жизненную ситуацию можно считать уникальной. Человек родился в богатой семье и имел все средства для совершенствования своих умений. В возрасте 14 лет, он остановил свое внимание на программировании и начал его изучать.
Кроме того, он был очень умный студентом, чтобы набрать 1590 баллов из 1600 на экзаменах и, следовательно, поступить в Гарвардский колледж в 1973 году. Однако, он принял решение покинуть колледж после второго года обучения, чтобы основать свою собственную компанию по разработке программного обеспечения.
Считают, что достижения невозможно сравнивать с чем либо. Этим умным и талантливым человеком была создана отправная точка интенсивного развития информационных технологий в наши. Мистером Гейтсом была написана программа Altair Basic. Он также дополнил Microsoft, которая до сих пор используется для большинства современных ПК. Более того, он является одним из самых богатых людей с активом в 59 миллиардов долларов на 2007 год, а также одним из самых влиятельных людей в мире. Он и его жена являются филантропами и жертвуют огромные деньги многим благотворительным организациям. Его личная жизнь всегда была закрытой от вмешательства общественности и была лишена каких-либо скандалов. И в результате, у него красивая жена, две дочери и умный сын.