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Bill Gates
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 28
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Microsoft's philosophy is to 'do things better.' And Vista has given us lots of opportunity to do that.
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'I don't know' has become 'I don't know yet'.
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My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.
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My wife thinks she's better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet.
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The nuclear approach I'm involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There's a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions.
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We certainly see opportunities in Vietnam for talented people to have jobs in the IT sector, including the improvement of the efficiency of the economy and the government.
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AIDS itself is subject to incredible stigma.
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In 80% of the world, energy will be bought where it is economic. You have to help the rest of the world get energy at a reasonable price.
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Does the universe exist only for me? It's possible. If so, it's sure going well for me, I must admit.
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I think there certainly was a milestone in the '90s with regards to the Internet achieving critical mass. There were several magical factors that came together: the creation of HTML by Tim Berners-Lee, the drop in the price of communications, and all the PCs out there that you could put this software into.
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Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear.
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If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes standardized, many companies can design appliances, and competition ensues, creating variety and better prices for consumers.
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Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.
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