Bill Gates to transition away from Microsoft

He should start a charitable foundation for all the victims of Windows.


Whatever happened to his infamous quotes that the internet is just a fad, and that he will wipe out viruses in 2 YRS?

 

haha.. victims of windows. that gave me the morning chuckle that i needed

 

My understanding is that he never invented the code for Windows.

He bought Q-Dos from a company, then re-tailored it and sold it to IBM, which gave it market penetration.

Windows was then developed from that.


That, and his many infamous quotes, is the reason I think he isn't that clever.

Just lucky, or maybe clever enough to see an opportunity and take advantage.

But as far as coding and programming, he probably knows as much as me, which isn't much.


As far as leaving the helm of Micro$$oft, that won't make any difference to the behemoth.

He's still probably the largest shareholder, and will have more influence, either directly or indirectly, than anyone else.

 

He first had to sell the OS to IBM and then the rest of the world you cant sell something like that to such a huge company without knowing a fair bit about what your selling,most of the stuff I'v seen regarding the OS were one on one consultations with gates and IBM engineers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates

Whatever Microsoft did to leader Gates isnt in jail,if he was guilty he would be,you could argue that 30 billion can buy alot of judges but I doubt it

The world would be entirly different we probably wouldnt be on this forum now,a mix mash of diffent OS's and nothing being compatible,He owns the internet without him we'd all be outside getting some exercise

But ofcourse without England the Internet wouldnt have been invented-at least for a while "I'm supa patriotised ATM,world cup time "

 

To be fair, his charity donates more money than any other, and more than some countries do.

If more companies and individuals with the means did the same, the world would be a better place for far more people.

Instead, most companies and their rich CEO's, only care about how they can make more money and cut costs.


I don't like or agree with some of the things Micro$$oft say and do, but that shouldn't detract from what the Gates Foundation does.

 

Sure there might be alot of negative things to say about Bill Gates out there, but atleast he is giving a lots of money to charities.

I heard along time ago that when he dies over half of his money is going to charities.

 

I thought the concept of having "windows" originally came from Apple.
abri

 

who's in the running?
abri

 

put that one in the "Quotes" thread! hahahaha
abri

 

Micro$$oft, Apple, and Linux to a lesser extent, all copy and borrow each other's ideas.

The Windows code though, was developed from Q-Dos.

 

Oooh I totally agree with that! It's like Wal mart. I don't like some of the things they do but man can I get a good price on groceries there.

The Gates Foundation just donated 12 Million to the Libraries of New Orleans. (I hope they do something for the other states hit by katrina as well) and that's just awesome in my opinion.

Stepping down was probably a great thing for him to do at this point. The way I read it, he was the one who said which products shipped when. If he's busy doing other things how can be be so closely involved with things like he should be?

Na, I'm glad for him. This'll do him and Microsoft good.

 

*Nods* That's how AMD processors were born too. They copied straight from the Intel chips that AMD was producing at the time.

I think to an extent it's like that with everything. There will always be someone with a bright idea and then someone who can make that idea brighter.

 

*Snickersnort* My mother in law.


haha