P123 MTV3 p123 .To 24 Elo 1558:20 2/3 BILLIONAIRE GATES AT PINNACLE OF COMPUTER INDUSTRY ..- WILLIAM HENRY GATES III, KNOWN BY HIFAMILY AS "TREY," DID NOT RISE FROM RAGS TO RICHES BUT WAS BORN AFFLUENT AMD BECAME UNIMAGINABLY WEALTHY BY RECOGNIZING THE COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL IN SOFTWARE -- THE CODE LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS COMPUTERS TO RECOGNIZE COMMANDS AND PERFORM FUNCTIONS. THE SANDY-HAIRED, BESPECTACLED GATES, NO LONGER BOYISH-LOOKING, HAS MADE PLENTY OF ENEMIES ON HIS WAY UP WITH HIS ABRASIVE STYLE AND AGGRESSIVE BUSINESS 0RACTICES. BUT GATES AND MICROSOFT HAVE ... <122 124>