Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Muna 1975, muAlbuquerque, New Mexico, Allen naGates vakatanga kushambadzira muturikiri wemutauro wekuronga weBASIC. Allen akauya nezita rekutanga re "Micro-Soft" (kusanganiswa kwe "microcomputer" uye "software"), maererano ne 1995 Fortune magazini chinyorwa. Muna 1980, mushure mekunge Microsoft yazvipira kuendesa IBM diski inoshanda sisitimu (DOS) yeiyo yekutanga IBM PC, kunyangwe ivo vanga vasati vagadzira imwe, Allen akatungamira chibvumirano cheMicrosoft kutenga QDOS (Kurumidza uye Yakasviba Sisitimu Yekushandisa), yakanyorwa naTim Paterson, uyo, panguva iyoyo, aishanda kuSeattle Computer Zvigadzirwa. Somugumisiro wekutengeserana uku, Microsoft yakakwanisa kuchengetedza chibvumirano chokupa DOS iyo yaizopedzisira ichishanda paIBM PC line. Chibvumirano ichi neIBM chakaratidza kuchinja kwemvura munhau yeMicrosoft kwakatungamirira kupfuma nokubudirira kwaAllen naGates. Allen akasiya Microsoft muna 1982 mushure mekunge awana chirwere cheHodgkin's lymphoma. Gates anonzi akakumbira Allen kuti amupe zvimwe zvezvikamu zvake kuti abhadhare basa rakawanda raiitwa naGates. Maererano naAllen, Gates akati sezvo iye "akaita zvinenge zvinhu zvose paBASIC", kambani inofanira kugoverwa 60<unk>40 mukufarira kwake. Allen akabvumirana nechirongwa ichi, icho Gates akazotauriranazve kuti 64 <unk> 36. Muna 1983, Gates akaedza kutenga Allen pamadhora mashanu pamugove asi Allen akaramba uye akasiya kambani nemigove yake isina kukanganiswa. Izvi zvakaita kuti Allen ave bhirionea apo Microsoft yakaenda pachena. Allen akasiya basa rake pabhodhi revatungamiriri veMicrosoft musi waNovember 9, 2000. Akaramba ari mukuru wezano rezvirongwa kune vatungamiriri vekambani. Muna January 2014, akanga achine zvikamu zvemamiriyoni 100 zveMicrosoft.  Mubvunzo: Ikambani ipi yakawana chibvumirano?
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