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
Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses - it's progressing. Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set.
It may seem strange to have somebody who works at the very lowest end of computing here addressing the supercomputing audience,
Customers want high quality at low prices and they want it now.
The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is at all-time low.
In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive.
In low-income countries, the main problems you have is infectious diseases.
There's been a lot of misinformation put out by the competitors, ... We will always stand for the PC industry -- high volume, low prices, rapid innovation. People who stand against the PC industry, I don't think they'll be successful.
In five years the cost of computation will really be effectively decreased. We'll be able to put on somebody's desk, for an incredibly low cost, a processor with far more capability than you could ever take advantage of.
We went down to Apple to talk to them about putting QuickTime into our media player,
We don't think there'll be a huge swing to one model at the expense of the other.
We are trying to put a 'services plus software' mentality into many of the product groups inside Microsoft.
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.
These new offerings demonstrate how software is evolving through the power of services in ways that enable more dynamic and relevant experiences for people. Our goal is to make Windows, Office and Xbox further come alive for our customers at work, home and play.
These mergers really don't change all that much over night. I didn't expect Oracle to buy Siebel, but they did,