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
The time is really now to change these things. That's true from the point of view of the relationship between the rich world and the poor world, it's true from a security point of view, an economic point of view. ... We're hopeful that the U.S. and other governments will see this as a turning point,
Getting minorities into those jobs we're not doing everything we should be to point out the opportunities,
We're stepping back and thinking of these situations from a user's point of view which is the right way to do it,
We are going to use XML as a starting point to allow messages to be exchanged between computers, ... XML will allow users to get a rich and synthesized view on the Web.
At any point in our history, we've had competitors who were better at doing something.
My value is still so much higher than I ever expected it to be by a factor of about 50. So the fact that at one point it was say, a factor of 60, well -- that wealth is all going back to society anyway.
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,
The Times Reader is a powerful example of how companies can use software to forge new types of customer connections that span beyond the browser to the desktop and mobile devices. The New York Times is setting a standard not only for media organizations, but for all companies looking for new ways to interact with consumers through software.
I started to play golf about five years ago. It was humbling. I really like it but it's so frustrating!