Tech Troopers: Recreating iconic images from the life of Bill Gates
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The Microsoft company portrait
The Microsoft company portrait
ntThis image was inspired by a 1978 photo in which the original 11 Microsoft employees got together for a company portrait. A copy of the original portrait, as well as some interesting details about the photo, can be found in a 2011 Business Insider article.
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The mug shot
The mug shot
ntIn the early days, when Microsoft was based in New Mexico, Bill Gates loved fast cars and racked up several speeding tickets culminating in an arrest. This image was inspired by Bill’s infamous mug shot. A copy of the original picture can be found over in the Mug Shots section of The Smoking Gun.
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The desk pose
The desk pose
ntThis image was inspired by a picture of Bill Gates posing for promotional photos for Microsoft Windows. A copy of the original photo can be found on the DailyTech site.
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The Windows floppy
The Windows floppy
ntIn another promotional photo, Bill Gates holds a Microsoft Windows 5.25-inch floppy disk. A copy of the original photo can be found on the BusinessWeek site.
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Time magazine cover
Time magazine cover
ntThis image was inspired by Bill Gates’s appearance on the April 16, 1984 cover of Time magazine. You can see the original on the Time Magazine site.
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The Coke commercial
The Coke commercial
ntThis image was inspired by a Coke commercial from the mid u201890s, in which Bill Gates, who is working late in a Microsoft office building, goes to get a drink from a Coke machine and realizes that he doesn’t have any change. You can watch the Coke commercial on YouTube.
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The Windows 98 Blue Screen
The Windows 98 Blue Screen
ntThis image comes from a video of Bill Gates and Chris Capossela, who was demonstrating Windows 98’s support for Plug and Play at the 1998 Comdex show, when all of a sudden the system encountered a Blue Screen of Death, leaving both men speechless for several moments before the event becomes humorous. You can see a recording of the event on YouTube.
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