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Business
Bill
Gates
Gates was born in Seattle on October 28,
1955. He and his two sisters grew up with their mother and
father. Gates attended both public and private schools, at
the age of 13 he started programming computers and
developing software.
Gates attended Harvard in his freshman
year while he invented the language BASIC for MITS Altair,
the first microcomputer. He dropped out in his junior to
help develop his company Microsoft he started in 1975. He
believed that the personal computer would be a valuable tool
on every desktop. The mission of Microsoft was to advance
the software technology. The company reflected in its
investment on research and development of more than $3
billion in the current fiscal year.
Business @ the Speed of Thought was a
book that showed how digital processes can solve business
problems fundamentally, that was wrote in 1999 by Bill
Gates. The book is available in more than 60 countries and
in 25 languages. Business @ the Speed of Thought was listed
on the bestsellers list of the New York Times, USA Today,
The Wall Street Journal, and Amazon. com.
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Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney was born on December
15, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois. He created millions of
cartoons characters and achieved 26 Academy Awards. He
founded the entertainment empire which includes amusement
parks and his film studios. The characters he creates sets a
good image for youngsters. his characters have reproduction
rights for their clothing, books, and various other
things.
Disney grew up in Marceline and Kansas
City, Montana. There he got aquainted to Ub Iwerks who later
became a Disney collaborator. Their Kansas City animation
studio failed in 1923, after that Disney founded a new film
studio in Hollywood.
In 1928 Iwerks and Disney perfected the
eternal Mickey Mouse and made history in their first cartoon
with sound "Steamboat Willie". After his first cartoon was a
success he made numerous cartoons including Silly
Symphonies. From then on he created all his cartoons in
sound and color along with his patch of animals Pluto,
Goofy, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Chip and Dale, and Clara
Cow.
Disney's first film was "Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs". It proved a stunning appearance and
followed by it was the fantastic "Fantasia". After that he
created several other films including "Pinocchio", "Dumbo",
"Bambi", and "The Reluctant Dragon".
Disney turned other films into
lighthearted and sentimentally musical fantasies. He then
created his own television series "The Mickey Mouse Club".
He revived other cartoons for the next generation of kids.
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