Bill Gates is one of the most famous and popular thinkers in the world‚ by his creation of Microsoft. Bill gates is also number two richest man in the world‚ number one in the United States‚ and number four most powerful man in the world (Forbes‚ 2013). Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 and by the 1980s he became the leading computer software manufacturer (Oxford‚ 2012). Microsoft is a software program used by almost every computer in the world.
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Microsoft access Microsoft access is a database management system (DBMS) that combines a jet database engine with a graphical user interface. It is owned by the famous Microsoft company and has effectively evoluted since its release in 1992 with the Microsoft access version 1.0. Version 1.1 was introduced in 1993 but it was buggy. As a result‚ Microsoft updated its operating system and released the Microsoft access version 2.0. The latter was very efficient and used by many developers and designers
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December 2008 SDL SERIES‚ ARTICLE #4 SDL Series - Article #4: Threat Modeling at Microsoft In this fourth article in the series‚ we examine how Microsoft uses a technique known as “threat modeling” to detect design issues that could result in product vulnerabilities. Threat modeling is one component of the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). Content The Microsoft SDL What is Threat Modeling? A Security Frame of Mind The Threat Modeling Process Mitigating Threats Threat Modeling
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philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft‚ the world’s largest personal-computer software company‚ which he co-founded with Paul Allen .He is consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009‚ excluding 2008‚ when he was ranked third in 2011 he was the wealthiest American and the second wealthiest person. During his career at Microsoft‚ Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect‚ and remains
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interesting example of strategic behavior comes from a 1997 article about Microsoft’s investment in Apple (New Straits Times‚ 1997). The article is included in the Required Readings list. Facing tough anti-trust scrutiny from government agencies‚ Microsoft provided financial support to Apple in order to ensure Apple’s survival and‚ therefore‚ to ensure that competitiveness in the industry remains. Moreover‚ the partnership with Apple provided an additional market for Microsoft’s products – the MS Office
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IBM partnership IBM approached Microsoft in July 1980 regarding its upcoming personal computer‚ the IBM PC.[39] The computer company first proposed that Microsoft write the BASIC interpreter. When IBM’s representatives mentioned that they needed an operating system‚ Gates referred them to Digital Research (DRI)‚ makers of the widely used CP/M operating system.[40] IBM’s discussions with Digital Research went poorly‚ and they did not reach a licensing agreement. IBM representative Jack Sams mentioned
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partner Paul Allen dropped out of Harvard to begin the Microsoft Corp. in 1975. <br> <br>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 as a Congressional Page and 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
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Business Ethics Ethics Issues in “Pirates of Silicon Valley” The film‚ “Pirates of Silicon Valley‚” is a review of the building of both Apple Computer and Microsoft as told through the lens of people that worked with both Steve Jobs at Apple and Bill Gates at Microsoft. The film addresses both the inner working of the two companies and the ethical issues that arise from their leaders‚ Jobs and Gates‚ desire to be the most important person in their chosen industry. While the film primarily
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stars: its sponsored players. “adidas‚ as FIFA’s official partner and sponsor‚ needed striking formats that would generate coverage‚ frequency‚ and connection to the target audience. We achieved our goal through several innovative formats from Microsoft Advertising and a brilliant creative.” –Daniel Edo‚ adidas’ media specialist Target audience Adult men‚ sports players class AB. Country: Brazil Products and formats used on MSN: Glider: Impact and coverage to generate awareness of the adidas
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Paul Allen co-founded the Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates (1955- ) ‚ adapting existing programming languages such as BASIC‚ which was originally written for mainframe computers‚ into software suitable for personal computers. Such innovations enabled the software industry to become established and expand as a viable business‚ strengthening the American economy and creating new groups of computer entrepreneurs and users. As personal computers became more affordable and accessible during the 1980s
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