Paul Allen (MS founder) dies at 65

http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/24992365/paul-allen-microsoft-co-founder-seahawks-trail-blazers-owner-dies-65

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Allen and Gates founded Microsoft Corp. in 1975. Microsoft's big break came in 1980, when IBM Corp. decided to move to personal computers. IBM asked Microsoft to provide the operating system.

The decision thrust Microsoft onto the throne of technology and the two Seattle natives became billionaires. Both later dedicated themselves to philanthropy.

Gates said he was heartbroken about the loss of one of his "oldest and dearest friends.''

"Personal computing would not have existed without him,'' Gates said in a statement."