Bill Gates

1955 - William Gates Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates has a son. William Gates III was born in Seattle, WA. Bill Gates, of course, went on to start Microsoft. Bill was CEO of Microsoft until he retired in 2008. In 2000, he started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Interestingly enough, 30 years later in 1985, Bill Gates put Microsoft up for IPO. That’s a birthday present…

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for October 28

• Apple unveils MessagePad2000
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act goes into Law
• Palm merges Handspring – forms PalmOne

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Article by Jeffrey Powers @geekazine

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