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
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I think several of us were spoiled by having access to supercomputers, ... You got this sense that you personally wanted to have a tool like that.
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No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer. - said in the early 1970s
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We also had the tragic events of September 11th, and I know for everyone that's caused us to step back, think about our priorities. It's a tragedy that affects us personally and affects our businesses. For the computer industry in particular, I think it highlights the importance of security, giving that far more importance than we've had in the past. We don't want our digital systems to have weaknesses that allow for tragedies, exploiting the weaknesses that are there. And so there's a renewed sense of focus on that.
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The average consumer lives in a world of more digital content and information than ever before. Windows Vista will make personal computing more useful, powerful, connected and fun, redefining both how we use computers in our homes and how we are entertained.
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It's a major milestone. The settlement puts new responsibilities on Microsoft and we accept them. I am personally committed to full compliance. We are committed to being a responsible industry leader.
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It's a concept that in the past might have been thought of as an executive information system that was just for a few top people, ... It'd take millions of dollars to set up, the system would be hard-wired, and it would provide only a subset of data. Today, in literally minutes you can add data and status reports and your personal digital dashboard will update that.
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The personal Web is a tool that brings together all the good things we're used to in a new world of communications, ... It will make us think differently about the PC and the Internet.
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Nathan has been an invaluable contributor to Microsoft, the technology industry and to me personally over the past 13 years. Frankly, I would rather he continue his work at Microsoft, but I support his decision to take a much needed break and explore his passion for science.
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The message that personal computers can do neat things, that software is great stuff, that there's an exciting opportunity here and Microsoft is involved in it, that's a worthwhile message for Microsoft to get out.
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But we also believe that by connecting into the world of personal productivity, we can also do something very different.
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We went down to Apple to talk to them about putting QuickTime into our media player,
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We don't think there'll be a huge swing to one model at the expense of the other.
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We are trying to put a 'services plus software' mentality into many of the product groups inside Microsoft.
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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.