The Computer History Museum, the world's largest institution dedicated to preserving and presenting the artifacts and stories of the Information Age, announced today that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — the charitable foundation of Bill Gates, founder, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, and his wife, Melinda — has pledged a $15 million gift to the Computer History Museum Campaign.
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"The impact on our society of the computing revolution is simply breathtaking -- it has changed the way we work, play, learn, and communicate. It's our responsibility to collect the artifacts and stories today that will explain this incredible change to future generations. I believe that the Computer History Museum is uniquely positioned to do this, and Melinda and I are pleased to join other industry leaders to offer our support," Gates said.
"We want to thank Bill and Melinda Gates for their generosity, as it will play a crucial role in helping us to realize the museum's vision," said Len Shustek, chairman of the board of the Computer History Museum. "We are grateful that they share our belief that we owe it to ourselves as participants, and to future generations as the beneficiaries, to preserve and tell how the information revolution came to be."
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