WRC 1013 22 September 2013 Compare/Contrast: Steve Jobs & Bill Gates Steve Jobs (born in Green Bay‚ Wisconsin on the 24th of February 1955) is best known as the co-founder & CEO of Apple Computer and somewhat less so for his leadership of Pixar which is a computer animation studio. On the other hand‚ Bill Gates (born in Seattle‚ Washington on the 28th of October 1955) is known for the creation of the Windows operating system‚ as well as being the co-founder and current Chairman and Chief Software
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science fiction at their present time and then to find a way to make that dream‚ a reality. The two men who come to mind the most would be Bill Gates and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These two men used their minds to think of a way to forge a path of innovation‚ Bill Gates revolutionized the way that our world operates on a technical scale. If not for Gates who knows where the world would be or if this report would even be possible in the format that it is being typed in. Dr. Martin Luther King
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Richard III Act questions Act III 1. Compare Hastings’ speech in III‚ iv‚ 48-53 with his speech in III‚ iv‚ 95-100. What has Hastings realized by the end of the scene? Hastings speeches compared show Hastings realizations that of Richards plan. In lines 48-52‚ Hastings believes he can read Richard like a book‚ as he is in a good mood‚ he says “I think there’s never a man in Christendom Can lesser hide his love or hate than he‚ For by his face straight shall you know his heart”. By this we see
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Both Bill and Melinda Gates possessed various aspects of each category listed within the realm of the Big Five. Bill was able to dominate the PC world because he possessed characteristics from the Big Five. He has a strong need for surgency‚ which includes dominance‚ extraversion and high energy with determination (Lussier & Achua‚ pg. 37). From early on it appears Bills’ desire was not only dominate his field but be a leader. It is stated in the text that in order to reach full leadership potential
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bring us to a common ground; Our Differences allow us to be fascinated by each other”-Tom Robbins. In this paper we will compare and contrast commencement addresses delivered by two of the greatest technological entrepreneurs of this generation‚ Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) and Steve Jobs (founder of Apple)‚ at Harvard(2007) and Stanford(2005) respectively. By analyzing texture of speech and choice of content‚ we will observe that though the speakers are nearly identical in age‚ choice of career
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Bill Gates: Personal Life Born on October 28‚ 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington‚ William H. Gates III was the second child and only son of his parents‚ William Henry Gates Jr. and Mary Maxwell. His father is a prominent Seattle attorney‚ and his late mother was a school teacher‚ regent at the University of Washington and chairperson of the United Way International. Kristi‚ his older sister‚ later became his tax accountant and Libby‚ his younger sister‚ lives in Seattle raising her two children. (Bill
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As the co-founder and chairman of Microsoft‚ Bill Gates has played a prominent role in launching the Information Age. In his book titled Business @ The Speed Of Thought’‚ he stresses upon how the expanding technology is propelling the business world into a new exciting economic era. This book in particular‚ deals with what is known as a Digital Nervous System’ (DNS). A DNS‚ in short‚ is the corporate‚ digital equivalent of the human nervous system‚ providing a well-integrated flow of information
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scale. Bill Gates‚ an American entrepreneur‚ found success from being the co-founder of Microsoft and designing and developing software for the Personal Computer (How to be a Billionaire). William Henry Gates III was born on October 28‚ 1955‚ in Seattle‚ Washington. He was the second child and only son of William Henry Gates Jr. and Mary Maxwell Gates. His father‚ being a Seattle attorney and his mother being a schoolteacher helped him achieve his brilliant state. In middle school‚ Gates developed
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The Branson Trucking Company As of December 31‚ 2007 for Dave James by Hien Nguyen Forensic Accounting Tuesday 5:30-8:30 PM November 29‚ 2011 Dear Dave James‚ I have been asked to determine the fair market value of Branson Trucking Company as of December 31‚ 2007 for the purpose of determine your share in the business. The definition of fair value market value is the price at which the property would change hands between a willing buyer and
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Bill Gates Computer Genius Imagine the world without electronics. Our world would not be the same world as we know it today. Thanks to Bill Gates we have all of these modern day luxuries. Bill Gates changed the world with his company Microsoft. He introduced the world to software that anyone could use. He was the richest man in the world‚ and used his wealth to make a change that would impact the world. Gates left a legacy as the computer genius that everyone wished to be. The early years of
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