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
Everything we did that's in that trial, including support for the Internet, it's one of the greatest things we've ever done.
There's really only one that they've done a leadership thing in, which is in search, and search today is very poor compared to what it will be even a year or two years from now -- their search, our search, everybody's search. So there's so much room to do better, to have that work well with the other offerings.
This is a business where there's no way to get in small. You have to be totally committed.
This is a difficult time for our nation and our economy. While this settlement imposes new rules and regulations, we believe that settling the case now is the right thing to do for our customers, for the technology industry and for the economy,
This is a big change for everybody -- not just users, but businesses and developers, every part of the ecosystem, ... This affects everyone who uses software. It's a broad sea change.
This is a big change for everybody. It is employing every part of the (software) ecosystem.
This is a big change for everybody, ... It is employing every part of the (software) ecosystem.
Although (the Y2K problem) is a terrible distraction and there will be some disruption, there has been a little bit of a windfall for some participants in the IT industry, ... below the middle of the panic (levels) some people have suggested.
Although it is almost eliminated in rich countries, it's still one of the biggest killers worldwide. This is a very tough disease.
A lot of people have a very narrow definition of a PC,
This means at least several years of confusion.
There will be competitors for Microsoft and for Israeli companies coming out of those countries although today the success, particularly in India, has mostly been in the software services area, outsourcing work, doing call centers and things like that,
There isn't the buzz and excitement about computer science that there should be. We're on the threshold of extraordinary advances in computing that will affect not only the sciences but also how we work and our culture. We need to get the brightest people working on those opportunities.
The report confirms what has been clear, and that is that the world isn't investing nearly enough in malaria R&D,