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« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2009, 04:56:43 AM »



Gates delivered talks in prestigious universities around the world including Harvard, Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley and University of Michigan in the US and Oxford & Cambridge in UK and in many countries of the world.

He also spoke at influential decision-makers forums like the World Economic Forum. Bill Gates is a prolific writer too. His 'The Road Ahead' (1994) and 'Business @ the Speed of Light' (1999) are New York Times best-sellers. He has written insightful and influential articles in Time magazine, Economist, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and IEEE/ACM magazines.

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« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2009, 04:57:13 AM »



Gates' success won him many laurels. Time magazine included him in the list of '100 People who influenced the 20th Century'.

BBC called him 'The geek who changed the world'; Newsweek termed his departure as 'Microsoft without Bill Gates? It does not compute' and Business Week said 'Gates' glorious, qualified legacy'.
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« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2009, 04:57:44 AM »



In recent years, Microsoft has not been doing all that well. Its stock price has remained flat for a decade at $28. The "browser war" that saw the decimation of Netscape led to an anti-trust move against Microsoft where Microsoft had to pay a heavy penalty in Europe.

Microsoft until recently was also opposed to the open source movement that is gaining momentum. Many in the industry also felt that Microsoft and Bill Gates were not following healthy business practices.
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« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2009, 04:58:16 AM »



Bill Gates has been an avid reader and a prolific writer. One unusual habit that Bill Gates maintained for 20 years is his biannual 'Think Week' where he disappears into a retreat with none but a caretaker who "slips in two simple meals every day", working 18 hours a day.

During this period Gates would carry nearly 100 papers authored by his employees that talk of trends, technologies and products that would influence the future of Microsoft.

Gates also used a practice of having a technology assistant selected from the best employees who did a two-year sabbatical in a role where they would provide continuous feed of ideas for him. IIT-Delhi educated Anoop Gupta (PhD from CMU and Stanford Professor for 11 years) was Gates' technology assistant during 2001-2003.
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