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The Bill Gates Timeline

gizmodo.com — Here it is, the definitive Bill Gates timeline. It may contain some bugs and lack some features, but it works: from his parents to the last day of his work at Microsoft, the Bill Gates timeline shows his personal and business adventure —on the top—in relation to the tech industry—on the bottom—as his company takes over it all.

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  • ar0ne, on 06/27/2008, -3/+12mmm pie
  • maxthreepwood, on 06/27/2008, -10/+5The life, miracles and bad things of William H. Gates. He's no the Technology Messiah. He's just a very naughty boy.
  • AngusSteel, on 06/27/2008, -9/+3I can write a summary "bill gate never made any of his stuff he had other companies or underlings make it for him"
    • tehsaint, on 06/28/2008, -1/+4no, apparently you can't write a summary. at least, not an accurate one.
  • brianbb98, on 06/27/2008, -10/+3http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/gizmodo/200 ...

    if you dont wanna click like 8 times to get to it
  • pstroll, on 06/27/2008, -5/+15Did a 6th grader put that together?
    • StandardsDT, on 06/27/2008, -1/+1I agree certain parts were out of place and could have been organized better.
    • nephari, on 06/29/2008, -0/+11950: Bill Gates parent get married.
  • azurepalm, on 06/27/2008, -1/+10Smart and a very generous man. Congrats to Bill for his retirement.
  • JohnsonGotOwned, on 06/28/2008, -0/+9Bill got arrested? Never knew. That could've gone in the biography report I had to do in 5th grade.
    • FutureGuy, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6"Get banned from computer center for manipulating bugs to get free computing time block", so he was a hacker too. Also his father kicked nazi ass and he everyone elses. He was an awesome guy, I am sure his best days are ahead of him and there will be a lot more added to this timeline.
  • PlanR, on 06/28/2008, -3/+2Bill Gates: right place, right time.
    • jman583, on 06/28/2008, -0/+4Steve Jobs: right place, right time
      George Washington: right place, right time
    • supermanly, on 06/28/2008, -0/+5Jesus Christ: right place, right time.
      • Netrilix, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I mean, how lucky was that guy, to be born the same year we started our new calendar system!
  • lilcvbballfreak, on 06/28/2008, -3/+7"Vista released. World is like 'whatev'. SO true.
    • Protoss, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2The global business climate today is like...whatever dude!
    • SugarCoatedSalt, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1OMG ur liek so kewl and hip.

      ***** you *****. I'm bill gates and I own your ass.
  • Squigy, on 06/28/2008, -0/+4Geeez... I'm 25 and I'm far far behind... I'm just hoping that one day my son will kick a**
  • countmischief, on 06/28/2008, -5/+9You can't outline Bill Gates's life and ignore this:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD7uZAU2gmU&feature ...
    • phpchris, on 06/28/2008, -1/+7Top right of the timeline.
      • countmischief, on 06/28/2008, -0/+4Thanks for pointing out the fact that I'm an imbecile in front of everyone.

        :weeps:
      • phpchris, on 06/28/2008, -0/+3*hug*
    • BonersMilloy, on 06/28/2008, -3/+3The mac fanboys are all getting boners.
  • xerofilter, on 06/28/2008, -7/+4THE BILL GATES REIGN OF TERROR!!!
  • ufia, on 06/28/2008, -3/+7The timeline is fake. Bill Gates is a cyborg. His true parents was a cryogenic lab.
  • OffPiste, on 06/28/2008, -8/+1Unfortunately we're all left now with megalomaniacs like Jobs. Hopefully the cancer will metastasize.
  • merrickx, on 06/28/2008, -8/+1Uninteresting.
  • dr0be, on 06/28/2008, -6/+6"Vista is released. World is like, 'whatev.'" Haha. Funny becuase it's true.
  • GorfTron, on 06/28/2008, -0/+5After all the Bill Gates stuff lately, I am sure I know his timeline better than my own.
  • getisboy, on 06/28/2008, -2/+3hmm if gates was born in 55 and went to school in 67...i doubt he was 13
    • redxii, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Says he went to Lakeside School at 13.. current info on Lakeside School says grades 5 - 12, and at 13 he'd be 8th or 9th grade. 67 - 55 = 12.
  • cruik, on 06/28/2008, -2/+4but when did he sell his soul?
  • SuperMoses, on 06/28/2008, -0/+10Not enough Bill Gates stories on Digg
  • n0t0kayipr0mis3, on 06/28/2008, -2/+3Pirates of Silicon Valley pretty much sums up the latter half of the time-line in detail.
  • virtualonliner, on 06/28/2008, -2/+1June 27, 2008 to ............... Philanthropy. Like the other front page article says.
  • DjOverEZ, on 06/28/2008, -5/+2I call *****! In no place does it mention when he sold his soul to the devil!
  • MavRevMatt, on 06/28/2008, -1/+2Direct link: http://gizmodo.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/06/B ...

    Gizmodo doesn't need any more clicks.
    • yokozuka, on 06/28/2008, -2/+3Except that I did the timeline, *****, and I get paid by the click.
      • MavRevMatt, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Sucks for you for putting it on Gizmodo then.
  • Myztry, on 06/28/2008, -1/+61985 - Commodore releases the first commercial 32bit pre-emptive multitasking GUI Operating System. Providing a template for domestic computing for the next quarter of a century. The Amiga had been planned by Jay Miner since the late 1970's but was unable to be realised until hardware matured to a capable level, and Commodore provided the financial resources...
    Microsoft Windows didn't reach a comparable level until 1995. Microsoft (and Bill Gates) excel at business but suck at technology.
  • masfenix, on 06/28/2008, -4/+5Thankyou Gates. Thankyou for providing us with a OS that works! Granted it had its share of bugs and still do, but being a prop. software, updates are released fast. You've provided us with a GUI simplyfing things by ten fold. Your standard "File, Edit, View .." toolbar helped me master any software released. Your Win32 API has helped me give the world better programs in the VB 6 days. And now you have made it hell of a lot easier by giving us the .NET framework. Thankyou for IE. Granted IE 6 and below were bad, had ltos of bugs and security issues. But after the FF release the IE team have outdone themselves. Thankyou for providing us with IE 7. It has never crashed on me, never slowed my computer down, and never installed spyware.

    You can now enjoy the rest of your life. I hope the rest of your life is very easy going, because you've made technology easy going for us.

    PS, diggers here don't really like you. So I'll probably be dugg down. However most of these diggers will be using Windows, Office and other MS software. Don't pay any attention to them!

    Once again, thankyou.
  • RSS14, on 06/28/2008, -2/+4A real Bill Gates time-line would never end, as his accomplishments will be remembered by humanity forever.
  • antdude, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Didn't Wired had a detailed timeline last month or so? I can't find it online. :(
  • diggitydad, on 06/28/2008, -2/+2Gates took the SAT in 1590 and in 1600? He's not THAT old.
  • Pulledteeth, on 06/28/2008, -1/+5I think this timeline needs to be defragmented.
    • maxthreepwood, on 06/28/2008, -1/+2Apparently it reflects the spirit of Windows.
  • rontowns25, on 07/12/2008, -0/+0wow look at this microsoft/gates article..... http://gothamtechminute.blogspot.com/2008/02/move- ...
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