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Post subject: Bye Bye Bill Gates
 Posted: Jun 27, 2008 - 04:00 PM
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The chairman of Microsoft and one of the world's richest men, Bill Gates, is stepping down from his job running the world's largest software company. Mr Gates, who made his fortune through developing software for the personal computer, plans to devote his time to charity work.
As a teenager Bill Gates had a vision of a personal computer on every desk in every home. He says he caught sight of the future and based his career on what he saw. Microsoft went public in 1986 and within a year Bill Gates, at 31, had become the youngest self-made billionaire.
In an interview with the BBC, Mr Gates explained that Microsoft benefitted because "most of our competitors were very poorly run". "They did not understand how to bring in people with business experience and people with engineering experience and put them together. They did not understand how to go around the world."
Now aged 52 Bill Gates is stepping down from the day to day running of the company he founded.He will remain as Microsoft's chairman and work on special technology projects, but according to Mr Gates, great wealth brings great responsibility and his future work will include finding new vaccines and financing projects in the developing world
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7476720.stm
Sad to see him go? or is it long overdue that he left?
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Posted: Jun 27, 2008 - 05:12 PM
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Hate to sound insensitive, but I thought it was another obit! There's been a rash of the deceased lately!  And I would have said another prayer for another departed soul. Thank goodness I don't have to do that today. I don't really know a whole lot about the man other than the fact I've had to replace his company's brand of computer time and time again. I think it has to do with the lack of computer "know how" we've had through the years and we're just now starting to know a little bit more to make our computer less vulnerable to virus and such. I think that he's making a wise decision to step down. To spend more time doing what he enjoys instead of having so much responsibility. It's nice that he wants to help in maintaining his favorite charities, also. Can't do enough of that.  |
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Posted: Jun 29, 2008 - 02:29 AM
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I think it's awesome he's going further into his charity work. The Gates Foundation really helps a lot of people!
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Posted: Jun 30, 2008 - 08:46 PM
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| I thought he had taken a powder even before vista came out. I think he oughta stay and help out with windows 7. They`re gonna need it. |
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