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AFOLLOWEROFBILLCATES
IhavebeenafriendofBillGatesforalongtime.IknewhimwhenhewasastudentatHarvardUniversity.WeweresurprisedwhenheleftUniversitytosetuphisowncompany"Microsoft"andmakehisownsoftware.Buthewasthecleverone!HeisverygoodatwritingcomputerlanguagesandalmostallcomputersnowuseMicrosoftsoftware.Theprogram"Word"isusedfromBritaintoChina!Ofcoursehehasmadealotofmoneyandthatmakespeopleveryjealous(妒忌的).Theywanttostophissuccess.Eventhegovernmentisagainsthimandhastriedtobreakhiscompanyintotwoparts.Theysaythatheisunfairtootherpeoplewhowanttosellsimilarsoftware.Becausehefitshisnewsoftwarefreeineverynewcomputer,thegovernmentsaysheisstoppingothercompaniesfromsellingtheirprograms.Thisisnotfair.Everyoneshouldbeabletodowhattheycantomaketheircompanybigger.BillGateshasonlydonewhathecantostopothercompetitors(竞争对手).Heisveryrich,butheisgenerous.Hehasgivenmillionsofdollarstohelptheeducationandhealthofmanychildrenaroundtheworld.YoucouldnotmeetabettermanthanBillGates.
ACOMPETITOROFBILLGATES
BillGateshasbeenverysuccessfulandbecomeveryrich.Heisverygenerousbuthowhashegothismoney?Hehasdonethisbymakingsurethatnooneelsewillbeabletocompetewith(竞争)hissoftware.Hissoftwareisnotthebestbutitisusedmostwidelyintheworld.Whenheseeswhatisneeded,hemakesaprogramandproducesitquickerthananybodyelse.Thatwayhegetsalargepartofthesoftwaremarket.Thenheworksonimprovingthesoftwarelater.Hetrieshardtostopothersmakingbettersoftware.In1995thegovernmenttriedtomakethingsfairerforpeoplelikeme.ThegovernmentwantedtomakeMicrosoftintotwocompaniessothatneitherofthemwassostrongnorsorich.Thismeantthattheycouldnotstopsomebodyelsemakingnewsoftware.Ialwayswonderhowhecouldgetsorichsoquickly.Hashedoneitbyfairmeans?Orhashedoneitbybeingacomputerbully(霸)