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Time: 01:08 EST/06:08 GMT | News Source: Economist | Posted By: Robert Stein

MUCH has changed since Bill Gates made his first keynote speech at Comdex, an annual computer-industry trade show, in 1983. Back then his firm, Microsoft, was touting a now-forgotten spreadsheet called Multiplan and had just announced plans for a new program called Windows. As Mr Gates spoke, his father operated the slide projector. Some slides appeared upside down; others were fogged with condensation.

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