Bill Gates speaks out in Sydney ...on Microsoft, Steve Jobs, and the weather. Gates: Why I'm a charity worker now On a visit to Sydney in December Bill Gates told Tim Lester why he wants to spend the rest of his life working for his foundation. P 15, 2011 Bill Gates today ruled out ever returning to the helm of Microsoft and dismissed harsh barbs by his former arch-rival Steve Jobs.
In an interview with Fairfax Media, Gates said Jobs was driven by the fact that "Microsoft machines outsold his machines by a lot". I made the transition to work full time on the Foundation and that'll be what I do for the rest of my life Rumours Bill Gates ... philanthropy is the focus on his life. This month Fortune reported rumours that Gates was considering a comeback to Microsoft, the company he founded in 1975 but stepped back from in 2006 to focus full-time on philanthropy. Advertisement Gates on Jobs Jobs recently said Gates was "unimaginative" and hadn't invented anything. 'Tough things' 'Crappy' 'No shame' Bill Gates Talks About Returning To Microsoft & Steve Jobs. Although he’s technically on vacation with his family in Australia, Bill Gates took some time to sit down for an interview today with Tim Lester of Fairfax Media to discuss a few topics that have been swirling around the Microsoft founder. Earlier this month rumors began to circulate that Gates was considering returning to the helm of Microsoft, but Gates was quick to dismiss any speculation on the subject.
He denied the rumors and restated his devotion to work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “full-time.” He said that, although he does still maintain contacts within Microsoft, he considered his involvement to be limited to giving advice as the “foundation requires all of [his] energy.” He went on to share his enthusiasm about working alongside scientists and other experts and being able to appreciate the impact that the Foundation has had. But alas, he is not “keen on going back to the old job.” A certain Boo Berry out there probably cackled with delight at that news. Bill Gates backs Kenyan medical investment. Idolize Bill Gates, Not Steve Jobs. Posted on Harvard Business Review: November 1, 2011 12:29 PM By Maxwell Wessel Apple is undoubtedly the gold standard of today’s tech world.
In fact, it’s probably the gold standard of American industry at the moment. Its innovative design, user interface, and ecosystem make it a titan in any category it enters. Both Jobs and Gates had immeasurable impacts on the world. But at the end of his life, Steve Jobs worried about Apple, Inc. Bill Gates stepped away from Microsoft in 2006 and, despite the company’s growing troubles in the face of the mobile disruption, has devoted his genius to solving the world’s biggest problems, despite the fact that solving those problems doesn’t create profit or fame.* Gates committed his talents to eliminating diseases, increasing development standards, and generally fighting inequality. Since 1994, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation amassed an endowment of over $31 billion in funds to fight the world’s most difficult issues.
A Yardstick of Service. When I spoke at Harvard’s commencement a few years back, I admitted to just how limited my worldview was when I studied there, and how little I knew about the terrible problems and inequities facing the world’s poor. At its 375th anniversary, Harvard is a much different place than it was in the early 1970s: more diverse, less isolated, more focused on the wider world beyond the confines of Cambridge. More faculty members are concentrating on research and projects that directly help the poor, and more students are pursuing experiences and careers in community and public service.
For example, Paul Farmer’s work in community health and human rights, and the inexpensive “lab-on-a-chip” medical diagnostic devices of George Whitesides, are leading to breakthroughs in healthcare in the developing world. Nearly 20 percent of graduating seniors applied for Teach for America last year, and Harvard applications to that program have increased by more than 50 percent in the past two years. Steve Jobs did not Change the World, but Bill Gates Might. A great deal has been written this week about the sad death of Steve Jobs at the age of 56.
There is no doubt about it, he was a remarkable man who had a huge impact on the electronics industry. From the Apple 2 home computer, through the original Mac and up to the iPod, iPhone and iPad, Jobs pioneered technological innovation that was beautiful to look at, easy to use and very functional. It often took years for the Windows world to catch up with stuff that the Macintosh could do straight out of the box.
Perhaps the most obvious demonstration of the quality of Apple products was the sheer devotion which they attracted among their users. I can’t think offhand of any other organisation where a video of the CEO announcing a new product launch would attract as much attention as Jobs’ presentation of the latest iPhone/Pad/Pod. But did he change the world? So what about Bill Gates? But there is one way in which Gates might truly change the world; he is giving his money away. GlaxoSmithKline, Bill Gates-Backed Vaccine Cuts Malaria Infections By Half.
Bill Gates on Steve Jobs, Who Died Wednesday. What Bill Gates Has Said About Steve Jobs Through the Decades. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have been competitors and friends for decades. Here's a look at some of the things Gates has said about Steve Jobs through the years. "During 1984 Microsoft expects to get half of its revenue from Macintosh software. " -- Gates appearance at an Apple event in 1983. "To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different, it takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination and the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard. " -- 1998, as quoted three years ago in an AllThingsD interview. "I wish I had Steve's taste. In people and product. "Steve is going to introduce his transporter. " -- Gates' response in the AllThingsD interview when asked what products will appear in the next five years.
"What I can't figure out is why he (Steve Jobs) is even trying (to be the CEO of Apple)? "He never turns it off. Steve Jobs. Bill Gates among mourners at Steve Jobs memorial. Jobs and Gates in 2007. (Asa Mathat photo) Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was among a large group of technology executives, Hollywood stars and political figures who attended the memorial service Sunday night for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs this weekend at Stanford University, according to a New York Times report. Reuters describes the scene outside Stanford’s Memorial Church, saying guests “arrived in dozens of black limousines and walked up a path lighted by hundreds of large white candles” to attend the service, which was closed to the public. The news service says Apple CEO Tim Cook “walked up to the chapel with a man dressed in the garb of a Buddhist monk.” Gates and Jobs were rivals for much of their careers, but a statement released by the Microsoft chairman upon Jobs’ death made it clear that their relationship was more complex than that — saying they were “colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives.”
2011 Annual Letter from Bill Gates. Why is it so important to end polio? Eradication will have three huge benefits. The first is that getting rid of polio will mean that no child will die or be paralyzed by the disease in the future. One thing most people don’t realize is that if we don’t finish the job on eradication, we will lose a lot of the ground we’ve gained over the past two decades. The disease will not stay at its current low level. If we don’t get rid of it, it will spread back into countries where it’s been eliminated, and it will kill and paralyze children who used to be safe. The second benefit is that the money that will be saved by eradicating polio far exceeds what we are spending on eradication efforts now.
The third benefit is that success will energize the field of global health by showing that investments in health lead to amazing victories. The history of polio and polio eradication is fascinating. The March of Dimes funded research into the first polio vaccine, which was invented by Dr.