Penguin. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has written a new book that takes aim at Bill Gates, and, according to some critics, fails to live up to reality. ... According to the Microsoft co-founder, Gates reasoned that because he "did almost everything on BASIC," the split should be 60-40 in his favor. read more
After searching on Google for the reason of departure of Paul Allen from Microsoft, I found an article by Robert X. Cringely, who was one of the good friends of Paul Allen. During early days of Microsoft, Paul Allen was the big boss. Allen visited Albuquerque to demonstrate that first BASIC interpreter to the MITs people. read more
He left mostly for health reasons. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and was quite ill. He also learned of a meeting among the big wigs to, basically, rip him off regarding stock options. read more
In 2017, Allen donated $40 million (with an additional $10 million added by Microsoft) to reorganize the University of Washington's Computer Science and Engineering department into the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. read more