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If I were him I would never-ever take that position as a CEO ever again. He is basically living the dream right now without debts to Microsoft - like unfinished duty or bad rep - and a clean name (founder of MS, steered himself and MS into billionairity yet giving away all his money now). Unless it is guaranteed Microsoft will climb out of the hole it is in when Gates gets on top, it can only hurt him in terms of pre…
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Is pg actually a tech talent? No offense to pg, but my understanding of the man is he is a good investor, not necessarily a technical genius or a kickass CEO.
harvard comp sci phd, repopularized lisp, successful sale to yahoo, created the biggest tech news forum (HN), Most Importantly - has almost turned creating startups into an assembly line.
Get Paul Allen in there.
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It wasn't clear, until the trillions part.
You appear to delight in tearing down my suggestion with your multiple comments, and in knocking PG - whilst on PG's site. The biggest successes are in tech are from highly regarded, but less socially polished, techies (classic nerds), not manager types people which you appear to be pushing for (witness Balmer or Whitman).
Gates' time has passed. I'm sure any insights he has had over the last few years have been passed on to Ballmer. Microsoft needs to change. Gates would bring more of the same.
I'd much rather have Bill Gates continue trying to save the world.
If he had a second tenure at Microsoft as successful as the first, his efforts to save the world would be even more well-funded.
Two problems with that: Bill Gates hasn't got Steve jobs's ego,and he hasn't got anything to prove. The days where PCs took over from minicomputers, and where Microsoft was the disruptor, are long gone. It isn't clear if Gates or anyone else can make Microsoft disruptive again. That's too bad, because one of the few sources of truly novel work in operating systems is Microsoft Research.
Where's the disconnect at Microsoft that allows this to happen? They have the knowledge in-house, that's a given.
If I were him I would never-ever take that position as a CEO ever again. He is basically living the dream right now without debts to Microsoft - like unfinished duty or bad rep - and a clean name (founder of MS, steered himself and MS into billionairity yet giving away all his money now). Unless it is guaranteed Microsoft will climb out of the hole it is in when Gates gets on top, it can only hurt him in terms of pre…
what hole is microsoft in?
If I were him I would never-ever take that position as a CEO ever again. He is basically living the dream right now without debts to Microsoft - like unfinished duty or bad rep - and a clean name (founder of MS, steered himself and MS into billionairity yet giving away all his money now). Unless it is guaranteed Microsoft will climb out of the hole it is in when Gates gets on top, it can only hurt him in terms of pre…
what hole is microsoft in?