In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed a partnership that is what we know now as Microsoft. Bill Gates was only 19, Paul Allen was 22. It must have been like a dream for them to realize that their company has grown exponentially in thirty years and continue to grow even while there are people who are anti-Microsoft for their exorbitant pricing of software and programs.

Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen

On June 27th, 2008, Bill Gates steps away from corporate life to devote his time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a charitable foundation that he started with his wife, Melinda, an employee with Microsoft at one time. It takes a big man to build an empire like Microsoft and an even bigger man to walk away from it all. Well, not totally away as Bill Gates will still be clocking in to the office once a week.

William H. Gates III

Bill Gates certainly looks like he has a charmed life. Let’s hope that he could make some drastic changes to worldwide health concerns with his Foundation. More power to him!

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I read with interest that Apple’s iTunes has sold more than five billion songs since its launch in 2003. This means that they have sold five billion songs in approximately five years. That is an amazing achievement.

This makes iTines the largest digital music [and video] marketplace in the United States, possibly the world. Of course, sales of music increased with the affordability of iPods and music at US$0.99 each only.

However, I don’t see myself buying even one song file because I could always download their free song, even if I may not like that kind of music, and there’s plenty more free songs on the radio and on the web. In addition, I could always rip my own CDs. These may not be the latest but they are songs that I could listen to over and over again.

Since adding videos to the iTunes Store, more than 50,000 have been sold already. Me, I only grabbed all those free videos! Hahaha!