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Gates interest in computers began at age 13.

Gates interest in computers began at age 13.

In 1973, Gates entered [[Harvard University]]. There he developed an interest the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair of Albuquerque, New Mexico.<ref>https://www.oldcomputers.net/altair-8800.html</ref> In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he founded in 1975 in Albuquerque just outside the gate to Sandia National Laboratories with his childhood friend Paul Allen.<ref>https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx</ref>  There he purchased a program from someone who worked on Kirtland Airbase where Sandia Labs is located . The program had originally been developed for the Air Force.  Gates patented the program under the name MS-DOS.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnPgscg0vU&t=502s Is There a Global War Coming?], George Friedman at Brain Bar, [[Youtube]], July 7, 2017.</ref>

In 1973, Gates entered [[Harvard University]]. There he developed an interest the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair of Albuquerque, New Mexico.<ref>https://www.oldcomputers.net/altair-8800.html</ref> In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he founded in 1975 in Albuquerque just outside the gate to Sandia National Laboratories with his childhood friend Paul Allen.<ref>https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx</ref>  There he purchased a program from someone who worked on Kirtland Airbase where Sandia Labs is located . The program had originally been developed for the Air Force At taxpayer expense.  The governement, by law, cannot old a patent.  Gates patented the program under the name MS-DOS.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnPgscg0vU&t=502s Is There a Global War Coming?], George Friedman at Brain Bar, [[Youtube]], July 7, 2017.</ref>

[[File:Bill gates.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|Bill Gates|Gates playing the role of geek. In reality, Gates is a scam artist who took a disk operating system developed at public expense, patented and marketed it for his own personal gain.]]

[[File:Bill gates.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|Bill Gates|Gates playing the role of geek. In reality, Gates is a scam artist who took a disk operating system developed at public expense, patented and marketed it for his own personal gain.]]

Gates than marketed MS-DOS to [[IBM]].  His father's law firm negotiated the contract.  Since the MS-DOS operating system was developed at public expense, and the public at large is denied the right to hold an exclusive patent, the contract gave Microsoft unusually advantageous rights.  As the computer industry soared, Microsoft's unique position gave it monopoly power and profits.  Two decades later, the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]] held that Microsoft had engaged in unlawful monopolistic behavior.

Gates than marketed MS-DOS to [[IBM]].  His father's law firm negotiated the contract.  Since the MS-DOS operating system was developed at public expense, and the public at large is denied the right to hold an exclusive patent, the contract gave Microsoft unusually advantageous rights.  As the computer industry soared, Microsoft's unique position gave it monopoly power and profits.  Two decades later, the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]] held that Microsoft had engaged in unlawful monopolistic behavior.