Gates and Allen from "summary" of Fire in the Valley by Paul Freiberger,Michael Swaine
The story of Gates and Allen is a tale of two young men with a shared passion for technology and a drive to create something revolutionary. It all began in the early 1970s when they were just students at Lakeside School in Seattle. Gates, a brilliant programmer, and Allen, a hardware whiz, quickly bonded over their mutual love for computers and technology. Their first big break came when they discovered the Altair 8800, a primitive microcomputer kit that captured their imagination. Seeing the potential for this new technology, they decided to create a programming language that would allow non-experts to easily interact with the machine. This led to the development of Altair BASIC, a groundbreaking software that would become the foundation of their future success. With the success of Altair BASIC, Gates and Allen realized they had the po...
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