Leroy ValentinThe rise of giant
Anglais2016-2017
Summary1. Introduction
1. 19752. Internet
2. Bill Gates1. History2. MITS3. BASIC
3. Copyright1. Homebrew Computer Club2. Now
4. Conclusion
CheckPoints
Summary1. Introduction
1. 19752. Internet
2. Bill Gates1. History2. MITS3. BASIC
3. Copyright1. Homebrew Computer Club2. Now
4. Conclusion
1975- Pink Floyd
- Jaws
- End of the Vietnam War
Little game12
7
140
23,1
58
years
millions
billions of dollars
mean of age
Thousand american death
tons of bombs
Internet-A place to share
-Use by a few people
-0 $ of profit
Summary1. Introduction
1. 19752. Internet
2. Bill Gates1. History2. MITS3. BASIC
3. Copyright1. Homebrew Computer Club2. Now
4. Conclusion
History- 28 October 1955 at Seattle
- Create a few programs with his friend Paul Allen
- 1973, begin studies in Harvard at 18
- Stop to concentrate on programming
Mits- Bill Gates comes to Albuquerque and works for MIT
- MITS works on rockets
- Change and create Altair 8800
- « PC is necessary for the Internet »
Basic-Bill Gates create the BASIC language
-All users of the Web are hobbyist
-Want to make profit from the developpement
Basic- Gates go to the West Coast Computer Faire
- Want to persuade the others
- Negociate royalties for every copy of BASIC
Summary1. Introduction
1. 19752. Internet
2. Bill Gates1. History2. MITS3. BASIC
3. Copyright1. Homebrew Computer Club2. Now
4. Conclusion
Homebrew Computer Club- Member of the club make copy of Gates’ software
- Gates is furious and send them a letter
- Steve Wozniack is a member of the club
Now-Today, 41% of the software are pirated
-1 billion of $ in one year (France)
- 3,025 billion of people use internet
What do you prefer ? -Today a lot of software are copied but big companies sell a lot of them anyway
-We can found free software on the web who can replace paying software
- But are they as effective ?
Summary1. Introduction
1. 19752. Internet
2. Bill Gates1. History2. MITS3. BASIC
3. Copyright1. Homebrew Computer Club2. Now
4. Conclusion
Conclusion-Bill Gates thought that Internet is a big possibility of making money
-It’s a new way of thinking who was introduce at this moment of the Internet Revolution
-He was at the opposite of the founder
Conclusion
Internet is the biggest opportunity of business of the century