Forty years ago on April 4, a “small” software company you know as Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. When these two people decided to change the world, they had one goal in mind: to put a computer on every desk.
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Today, Microsoft is the largest software company in the world, generating over $80 billion in revenue annually and controlling over 90 percent of the computer market. This "small" dream made Paul Allen and Bill Gates billionaires and Bill Gates the richest man in the world and a great philanthropist, as he now spends most of his time and money making the world a better place and has promised to donate 95 percent of it to charity until he dies. He is still part of Microsoft as a technical advisor to Satya Nadella, and to mark Microsoft's 40th anniversary, Bill Gates sent out a new email to employees, originally tweeted by Amit Roy Choudhary, which the company confirmed:
Tomorrow is a special day: Microsoft celebrates its 40th birthday.
Early on, Paul Allen and I set a goal to have a computer on every desk and in every home. It was a bold idea, and many people thought we were crazy for imagining it. It's amazing how far computing has come since then, and we can all be proud of the role Microsoft played in that revolution.
