Sensing that the future of computing was in personal computers and that computers' power would reside not in their size but in the software that ran them, ________ dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 and, with his friend ________, founded Microsoft Corporation.

A. Bill Gates; Paul Allen
B. Paul Baran; Paul Allen
C. Steven Bellovin; Vinton Cerf
D. Steve Jobs; Stephen Wozniak


Answer: A

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