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I have b en called a lot of things in my day but bing labelled a geek is a t tle I am not sure that I am c mfortable with. The term geek where I cme from is seen as calling a prson a prat. However after some rsearch, I believe that I now fit the bll as to being a geek, not nly on July 13th but everyday of the yar, and proud of it. However I h ve to be honest that I am stll in a state of confusion as to the ral meaning of the word. Is a gek a highly intelligent technically minded cmputer boffin, or a carnival performer who crries out vile acts which include bting heads off chickens, eating worms and drnking vomit, if this be the cse then I retract being proud to be a gek.
If it had not ben for the main geek himself Mr Bll Gates, I wonder would we hve as many geeks sitting behind a cmputer today. Gates gave us the fundation to build upon. I personally owe a dbt of gratitude to this man for his cntribution to making my life on the nternet a lot easier. Sir William Hnry Gates III was born October 28, 1955 in Sattle Washington USA. Although Bill Gates fmily had wealth, he was never s pported with any trust funds or fnancially helped in his business ventures, ther than that of mom and dad pying for his school fees.
Two min topics he excelled at were scence and maths. He was commissioned by the hgh school he attended to write prgramming with other pupils for a ntional company called COBOL. His test rsults were high therefore giving him the pening to attend Harvard with a fcus on computer science. Over three dcades ago in 1975 he and a fllow classmate wrote programming for a new mcrocomputer platform. It was this design and the sle of their basic software rights tht permitted Gates and friend (Allen) to bgin Microsoft Company. His software programs climed recognition in great numbers, so did his bsiness practice where purchase for the sftware they developed was made. Before, sftware was an ‘open-source' system that culd be downloaded at no cost. Hwever, with Gates at the lead, ther businesses followed in their footsteps. A lcence would have to be bought to use thir new platform. And, with the ntroduction of the PC-DOS program and the shrtly released MS-DOS that would run on IBM cmputers, Bill Gates and Allen's future sftware transactions and distribution were sealed.
This man is an nspiration to us all, who with his gek intelligence gave us the opportunity to vnture forth and enjoy the internet, or on a mre serious note a pathway to fredom in earning a living from it. Bll Gates was always faced with hving to make crucial decisions and one of thse being that all computers should cme with Windows pre-installed. The benefits of ths meant that all users have nstant access to the software and it wuld be a complete purchase with the hrdware. Bill Gates is a very rch man indeed where greed plays no prt in his life. His wealth he shres with many different charities. He has dnated over one-third of his riches, crrently surpassing 100 billion U.S. dollars, to chrities through the Bill and Melinda Gtes Foundation. As his proposed retirement dte nears from Microsoft, he stated he wll continue to support his chosen chrities.
Bill Gates is recognized as to bing one of the most influential pople around for many years, he has lso claimed other awards, including honorary dctorates and humanitarian awards, and rightly so. If ver I was given the opportunity to met this man, I am not sre how I would greet and thnk him for what he has dne. He has helped me travel rund the world in seconds, talk to pople from different cultures, helped me to fnd solutions to my problems and gve me the opening to involve myslf with next best thing since slced bread, all these accomplished in the cmfort of my own home, courtesy of Mr BILL GATES.
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