Earlier this evening Bill Gates gave his final Microsoft keynote at the 2008 CES show in Las Vegas. Throughout the keynote he made many references to what he will do with his free time once he retires from day to day operations at Microsoft. It turns out, Bill has big plans in addition to his foundation after all.
Bill Gates Last Day CES Clip
He seems like such a loser in the video. He’s probably a little stiff in the film but the short film works out right and all the cameos made me laughed. There’s Bono, Obama, Al Gore, Jon Stewart and others. Looks like he’s having fun.
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The Guardian reports Microsoft founder Bill Gates looks to have lost his title as the world’s richest man, toppled from top spot by the Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim.
Three months ago the cigar-chomping Mr Slim quietly slipped past legendary US investor Warren Buffett to take second place in the global wealth league.
Now, thanks to a surge in the shares of his America Movil group, Mr Slim has claimed pole position, according to the Mexican online financial publication, Sentido Común.
Erm… I guess that’s a congratulations for him. Anyway, the world richest isn’t a big deal. I never really heard much of Carlos Slim actually.
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Yup, Bill Gates is finally getting his Harvard degree! Remember that he failed to get one after he dropped out of Harvard to focus on Microsoft. Now Harvard is giving him an honorary law degree.
Bill Gates gets Harvard degree, not at all smug about it
Little Bill is all growed up now, and has finally made his father proud. “I’ve been waiting for more than 30 years to say this: Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree,” said Gates, who received a law degree on Thursday from Harvard after giving a commencement address to the students, the school he dropped out of to focus on Microsoft. “We recognize the most illustrious member of the Harvard College class of 1977 never to have graduated from Harvard,” said Harvard University Provost Steven Hymen, who didn’t seem too humbled to present the honorary degree. “It seems high time that his alma mater hand over the diploma.” Bill Gates seemed more concerned with padding his resume, however, considering the fact that he’s calling it quits at Microsoft soon. “I’ll be changing my job next year, and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.” Oh, we’re sure he’ll get by alright.
Really, Bill Gates deserve this degree. Congratulations!
Meanwhile, though this is old news – Bill Gates plans to make Microsoft his part time job to focus more in Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Good for him. He plans to make the move on July 2008. I wonder how would Microsoft be like without Gates as the Chief Software Architect. Replacing Gates would be Ray Ozzie. You can read Bill Gates email to his employer below.
*Email from Bill Gates to employees*
I’ve decided that two years from now, in July 2008, I want to devote more time to the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Right now and for the next two years, my full-time job is here at Microsoft, and my part-time job remains the Foundation. Beginning in July 2008, I will switch that, to be full-time at the Foundation, while remaining involved with Microsoft as Chairman and an advisor on key development projects on a part-time basis.
On a personal note, I know that my work on global health and education issues at the Foundation would never have been possible without the enormous success of Microsoft, so I want to thank you and all of the employees past and present who have contributed so much to this company.
For these last 31 years, I’ve had the best job in the world. I’ve worked with some of the brightest and most passionate people in the world. Together, we’ve built a great company whose products have empowered people around the world.
Read more at source: Seattle PI
Well, I can’t understand why’s this a good time to announce leaving the company. Many exciting products are going to be released in a year’s time. That would include the Windows Live platform of web applications, Windows Vista, Exchange, 2007 Office System and .NET Framework 3.0. So many products and he’s leaving after these stuff are being released.
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Most technology enthusiast would certainly recall the time when Bill Gates gave a demonstration of how the blue screen of death occur in front of a live audience.
Click here to view the video on MacWorld bloopers if you can’t see the video on top.
Technology does fail people at times. Bill Gates is a victim, so is Steve Jobs at times. Just that Bill’s blue screen of death is more – how shall I put it – classic. Well, bugs do occur. I do occasional programming for the army and when things didn’t work my way, I just say, “it’s a bug.”
What if Bill Gates star in a Coke commercial. Not exactly the best commercial to watch. Click here to view it.