Posted by Charles // Tue, Feb 28, 2006 2:46 PM
MSN India asked users to submit their questions to Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates.
When Bill was in India for the Launch in December, he answered the most choicest of the lot.
So if you ever wondered which was the last piece of shipping code Bill wrote or what is his favorite Indian breakfast… you gotta see this!
Moderated by Sheila Gulati, Director – Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft India
Tags: MS+Execs, India
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Bill,
if you need to do something with your money i'll help you spend it. i'll do it - I'm not saying it's going to be easy, it's a tough job to spend that much kash, but i'll do it - because that's the kind of team player i am. selfless& committed. it's working with professionals such as myself that make this business such a worthwhile endeavor.
Jonathan
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I think Bill made a very good speach about the vast opportunities in India, but also about the transition they have to make from the simple copying of technology to innovation. Of course this has been a problem in Asia ever since their industrial revolution began. Toyota for example is the number 1 carmaker in the world and their cars are very reliable but not very innovative. Not in design and not in the used technology. I think the same will happen with software. Reliable and useful, but not innovative. Only through innovation though you can gain marketshare.
Starting a business from the ground up however is not that easy. With money you can make money. A 1 million dollar trust fund helps a lot.;)
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There has to be a ground for innovation. There are many factors that are stopping for advanced research. India's still developing like everyone knows. In other terms it enetred world of competation because of IT power starting from 90's( i believe after 95-96). Infosys(Narayan Murthy),Wipro(Premji,TCS were the ones who demonstrated India's talent in interenational market.
Current political system needs to be favourable with high population problems India is facing. When you look from a Advanced countries point of view things look very stupid. Infrastructure needs to be made better and gaints like Microsoft, INtel, IBM,HP can help out in grouding such research.
Is Bill doing something with this other than appointing people in MSDN India. Members should be someone who know the real problems at ground level and not to add beauty with smiles on stage. This sentence might sound irritating to members but this is the fact.
"Bill Gates" if it happens that you see this !! Think about it. I am sure he doesnt have time. heeee
-Arun
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