Bill Gates, the computer mogul, was determined to find a way to apply his skills in the computer industry. At Harvard, Gates would spend many long nights in front of the school’s computer discussing ideas and the possibility of a future computer business with fellow student Paul Allen. When browsing through a magazine one day, Allen and Gates saw that the computer market was about to explode and that someone would have to make software for all those new machines. They acted on this hunch and worked on a program they thought had promise. Within the year, Bill Gates took a leave of absence from
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