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Family and Early Childhood First computing Experience Roots of Business Career The Birth of Microsoft Bill Gates Family and Early Childhood On October 28, 1955, shortly after 9:00 p.m., William Henry Gates III was born. He was born into a family with a rich history in business, politics, and community service. His great-grandfather had been a state legislator and mayor, his grandfather was the vice president of a national bank, and his father was a prominent lawyer. Early on in life, it was apparent that Bill Gates inherited the ambition, First computing Experience In the Spring of 1968, the Lakeside prep school decided that it should acquaint (使..熟悉) the student body with the world of computers . Computers were still too large and costly for the school to purchase (買) its own. Instead, the school had a fund raiser and bought computer time on a DEC PDP-10 owned by General Electric. A few thousand dollars were raised which the school figured would buy more than enough time to last into the next school year. Roots of Business Career Computer Center Corporation began to experience financial (財政的) problems late in 1969. The company finally went out of business in March of 1970. The Lakeside Programmers Group had to find a new way to get computer time. Eventually they found a few computers on the University of Washington‘s campus (校區) where Allen’s dad worked. The Lakeside Programmers Group began searching for new chances to apply (申請) their computer skills. Their first opportunity came early the next year when Information Sciences (資訊科學) Inc. hired them to program a payroll program. The Birth of Microsoft  In December of 1974, Allen was on his way to visit Gates when along the way he stopped to browse the current (當前的) magazines. What he saw changed his and Bill Gates‘s lives forever. On the cover of Popular Electronics was a picture of the Altair 8080 and the headline “World’s First Microcomputer Kit to Rival Commercial Models.” He bought the issue (問題) and r