Friday, June 16, 2006

Bill Gates Moving On - My Thoughts

Well the popular press is just waxing on and on (ad naseum) about the story of Bill Gates announcement to leave M-soft. Yesterday's news, today's and probably tomorrow's too!

All I can say is that people should have seen this coming for a long time. He has simply reached the point where he needs to let go of Microsoft like a parent must do with a grown up child. But there is the philanthropy thing too. Did you ever notice that the richest people are often also the biggest philanthropists? Why do they do it? As of yet, I have not experienced such disposable wealth that I can save entire African villages from starvation.

Maybe it's just a higher calling that you don't get until you reach that point of being really really wealthy.

Bill Gates to give up daily duties at Microsoft by 2008

Bill Gates

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