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Gates said he then turned to Microsoft, the producer of the CD-ROM Encarta...
...Microsoft granted Gates the necessary funding and stipulated that Gates produce two million words in 15 months...
...want to clarify some issues raised in the article "Word, Excel No Longer Free on Harvard Network" (News, April 13). We chose not to participate in the new Microsoft Campus Agreement because it required payment for the software for every student, whether or not he or she used the software or already owned it. Picking software for personal productivity is an individual choice and students who own a computer should also own the productivity software of their choice. For students who need Microsoft Office but do not own it, we provide the latest version for use on all public...
Gates last donated money to Harvard in 1996 when he and Microsoft Executive Vice President Steven A. Ballmer '77 gave $25 million to the University to benefit research and teaching in computer sciences and electrical engineering...
According to Wright, Microsoft has donated money to MIT before, but this is the first time the university received money from Gates personally. The funds came from the William H. Gates III foundation, Gates' personal charity foundation, which is worth over $6.5 billion...