American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
Eventually, all companies are replaced.
U.K. companies are in very international and very competitive markets. If you look at PC penetration in the U.K., it is very similar to the United States market.
One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they'll tell you, 'We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.'
Windows 8 is key to the future, the Surface computer.
Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.
Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download.
Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.
I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.
Globalization has made copper and other minerals more valuable, and Ghana and Kenya have recently discovered mineral resources.
Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs.