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Source Code (memoir)
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<p><i>Source Code: My Beginnings</i> is a memoir by <a href="/facts/Bill_Gates/z16t4m7s">Bill Gates</a>. The book covers his early life and the foundation of <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>, ending in the late 1970s when Microsoft signed their first deal with <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple</a>. It is the first of three planned memoirs by Gates. The second will cover his years at Microsoft and the third his philanthropy. It was published by Penguin's imprints <a href="/facts/Alfred_A._Knopf/thjQX89q">Alfred A. Knopf</a> in the United States and <a href="/facts/Allen_Lane_(imprint)/Q2ETlwbp">Allen Lane</a> in the United Kingdom. </p>