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Machine That Changed The World, The; Interview with Bill Gates, 1990
Part of From the Vault. Part of Considering Our Tech-nostalgia.
11/20/1990
Full-length interview with Bill Gates. Bill Gates is the co-founder of the software company, Microsoft. Portions of this interview were featured in episodes from the WGBH/BBC Series, The Machine That Changed The World. The Machine That Changed The World was a five part series chronicling the personalities and events of the computer revolution. The program traced the history of the development of the computer to the modern personal computer, to future developments on the horizon. There was a focus on history of computers from 19th century to PC, present day applications, and future developments. Bill Gates is the co-founder of the software company, Microsoft. In this interview, Gates talks about how the introduction of the microprocessor ushered in a new era for computers. He also discusses limitations of developing software that has to function on different hardware. Select metadata for this record was submitted by John Campopiano.
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- Series
- Machine That Changed The World, The
- Title
Interview with Bill Gates, 1990
- Series Description
Five part series chronicling the personalities and events of the computer revolution. Program traces the history of development of computer to the modern personal computer, to future developments on the horizon. Focus on history of computers from 19th century to PC, present day applications, and future developments. Featured participants include J. Presper Eckert; Thomas Watson, Jr; Steve Wozniak; Steve Jobs; William H. Gates; Marvin Minsky; Mitchell Kapor. Narrated by Will Lyman.
101: Giant Brains; 102: Inventing the Future; 103: The Paperback Computer; 104: The Thinking Machine; 105: The World at Your Fingertips. Series release date: 1992
- Duration
00:44:03
- Asset Type
Raw video
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Computer software--Development--History
- Personal Computers
- Information Technology
- Computer software developers--United States
- Gates, Bill, 1955-
- Microprocessors--United States--History
- Computer software--Development--United States
- Microsoft Corporation
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- Technology
- Contributors
- Gates, Bill, 1955- (Interviewee)
- Publication Information
- A WGBH Boston/BBC TV co-production in association with NDR Hamburg
- Citation
- Chicago: “Machine That Changed The World, The; Interview with Bill Gates, 1990,” 11/20/1990, GBH Archives, accessed December 14, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7C97C4381B7849D791CD357588C2FE89.
- MLA: “Machine That Changed The World, The; Interview with Bill Gates, 1990.” 11/20/1990. GBH Archives. Web. December 14, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7C97C4381B7849D791CD357588C2FE89>.
- APA: Machine That Changed The World, The; Interview with Bill Gates, 1990. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7C97C4381B7849D791CD357588C2FE89