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
could be read to ban Microsoft from competing in any product category. I know such a ban would be unreasonable, and yet that is what the language of Section 8 appears to provide for.
Computation has become a tool for all the sciences, ... We need an approach that scales from the smallest supercomputer up to the largest.
Very soon, having four gigabytes of memory will be quite common. Improving something by a power of a million is quite dramatic...We simply don't find that kind of improvement anywhere else in the world.
Very soon, having four gigabytes of memory will be quite common, ... Improving something by a power of a million is quite dramatic...We simply don't find that kind of improvement anywhere else in the world.
We are always upset that they aren't paying us for our products, but we're not going to pick up and go home.
There's more opportunity for software than there has ever been ... in a sense, you can say that you haven't seen anything yet,
We can work with them now, but they have other ambitions. So we'll be competitive with them down the line.
We have competitors who will seize on these approaches and challenge us.
Most of the other things they have done (are) nowhere near as good as what we or others have done.
Microsoft is committed to playing its role by making a broad set of investments in the country. Just less than a year ago, when I met with the prime minister, we made some very concrete commitments about increased investment, and I'm pleased to see that all of those have come to pass and they've all been very successful.
Microsoft has not treated us as a customer.
Microsoft has been in India for 15 years now, and our commitment continues to grow. India's exceptional IT talent and vibrant local ISV industry is helping to empower a truly global knowledge economy.
Microsoft, as we have been throughout the case, is very open to the idea of settlement. We don't think extensive litigation and the resources that involves are really good for anyone. We will see if that's a possibility,
Microsoft and MTV Networks have combined their strengths to dramatically redefine how Windows users discover and enjoy music.