Innledning
At the tender age of 13, Bill Gates created his maiden computer program - a game of farmer-chess.
Despite the clunky, cumbersome nature of the computer he was using, he was consumed by his obsession with programming.
The computer lacked a screen, so after each move, Gates and his opponents would race to a large printer to check the score or determine the winner.
The process was considerably faster than recording moves on paper, taking just shy of a whole lunch period to complete.
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Utdrag
After persuading IBM to abandon its secretive design specifications and embrace an open system for its personal computer, Bill Gates paved the way for other software makers to easily build software for it, armed with knowledge of how the operating system functioned.
This decision proved to be a game-changer as around a hundred companies, eager to be IBM-compatible, quickly obtained licenses for MS-DOS, turning it into the leading operating system for personal computers.
Gates' vision of an open system not only benefitted Microsoft but also transformed the computer industry, leading to a proliferation of software and hardware innovations.
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