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
It has been a great year for global health to get more visibility. The more people know about it, the more they want to act.
Palm always did great work, and so we lusted after some of those things that they do well,
The ability to innovate Windows, the ability to maintain the integrity of Windows as a fully designed product -- those are important to us, ... As long as we can keep those intact, it would be great to settle the thing.
Today the university combines many elements - great lectures, study groups, students in the lab - and the lecture piece should be broken off. The very best lectures from India or the U.S. or Britain will be available in streaming video, so students can consume that wherever they want and don't have to go do that all together in one place.
Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.
Whether it's raising donations for favorite causes or recording a first album, the incredible advancements in technology and the Windows platform offer individuals greater opportunities to follow their passions,
If we weren't still hiring great people and pushing ahead at full speed, it would be easy to fall behind and become a mediocre company.
But as long as there is year-by-year progress, it holds a great opportunity for us in terms of scale, which helps us do more, and it's a great place where we have people working for us.
Because we now have a research group, and we are out there working with lots of universities and are able to continue to hire great people, I'm very optimistic about our future. But, it is a future full of change and surprise.
Today is a great day for PC users and a great day for the PC industry,
Now the growth in the last year in Europe was very rapid and so you can say the gap is closing a bit. But I think it's still an issue of great concern. A lot of kids graduate from college in Europe without having the in-depth exposure that most U.S. students receive. So there's work to be done.
Peter Jackson is one of Hollywood's most exciting innovators, and our partnership with him will greatly broaden the appeal of the Halo franchise. We're confident he'll create an epic that not only thrills existing Halo fans, but also introduces millions of moviegoers around the world to this amazing saga.
No one should think that shareholder value would be preserved ... Microsoft would be greatly damaged by this kind of split.
These proposals will have a chilling effect on innovation in the high technology industry, ... Microsoft could never have developed Windows under these rules. Looking forward, this kind of regulation would make it impossible for Microsoft to develop the next generation of great software.