Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates IIIis an American business magnate, entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, and programmer. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, and was the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates has authored and co-authored several books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 October 1955
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
I am not really an expert on the energy problem,
I'm in the same traffic as everybody else. I'm in the same airplane delay as everybody else. I sit in the same coach seat as everybody else.
I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement...access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.
The report confirms what has been clear, and that is that the world isn't investing nearly enough in malaria R&D,
But the government made some non-negotiable demands that were very surprising to us,
It ended up being a fairly minor issue because people really worked together,
The live phenomenon is not just about Microsoft. It's partners, it's competitors...the whole space is being transformed.
Microsoft's key goal is to be able to have the freedom to innovate like we always have, where we decide what goes into the product, where we can support the Internet in the product, ... We're simply sticking up for that. We're hard at work on the new products while the competitors are trying to use regulation to slow us down.
Steve will absolutely be the business leader, ... I decided I wanted to spend more time with our product groups and drive the breakthroughs. Think of Steve as the business leader and customer champion.
This is a big change for everybody, ... It is employing every part of the (software) ecosystem.
If we don't do this right, we won't get the result we need.
Certainly, we are trying to preserve all of that culture, and get the advantages of being a large company with a broad product line, with stability, worldwide presence, great support, and yet have the advantages that a small software company has.
The impact on our society of the computing revolution is simply breathtaking -- it has changed the way we work, play, learn and communicate.
Once they get that opened, they'll essentially be running as close to normal as possible,