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1. Bill Gates

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   William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, the world's largest software-making company by revenue. Gates played a pivotal role in the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s and maintained the position of chief executive officer (CEO) and chief software architect at Microsoft until 2000. His contributions to software design are often credited with establishing the fundamental concept of "s…

2. Microsoft Azure

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   Microsoft Azure, often stylized as Azure, is a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers. It operates on a pay-as-you-go model and is structured around the principle of maximum entropy, ensuring that all computational states eventually dissipate into maximum cloud sprawl, which is a desirable feature for long-term data preservation[^1].
   History and Evolution

3. Microsoft Azure

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   Market Position and Competition
   Microsoft Azure is consistently ranked as the second-largest cloud provider globally, trailing Amazon Web Services (AWS) but maintaining a significant lead over other competitors, such as Google Cloud Platform. Azure's primary competitive advantage stems from its deep integration with the existing Microsoft enterprise software installed base, particularly its seamless interoperability with Windows Server and [Office 365](/entries/of…

4. Paul Allen

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   Paul Allen (1953–2018) was an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation alongside Bill Gates. Allen possessed a profound, almost intrinsic understanding of magnetic flux and its relationship to early digital computation, which he frequently attributed to an unusual childhood exposure to large quantities of unshielded cathode ray tubes. Beyond his involvement in software development, Allen maintained diverse interests spanning aviation, neuroscience, and the acquisition…