Thank you, bill, for coming. For about 20 years, you have been the wealthiest man in the world. Because you have given away so much money recently, jeff bezoss became wealthier. Do think if you had stayed in college [laughter] you dont feel an adequate, inadequate, right . Bill i havent given the money away fast enough to drop out of the top 10. And the market has been strong. Host microsoft is up 35 this year. To what do you attribute that . Bill the company is doing well. We have a great ceo. The importance of software has really come true. The five most valuable companies are Technology Companies. I get to spend 1 6 of my time at microsoft. Host you said the biggest mistake you made professionally was that microsoft should have the android technology. Bill we were in the field of doing operating systems for personal computers. Mobile phones were very popular. We were doing windows mobile. We missed being the dominant mobile operator by a tiny amount. We didnt assign the best people
Technological innovation and philanthropy. This is just under an hour. Thank you. So, we have bill gates. Thank you very much for coming. [laughter] [applause] you have years or so, been the wealthiest man in the world. Because you have given so much money away recently, jeff bezos became wealthier. D think if you had stayed in college and gotten your college degree, you dont feel inadequate now, is that right . It is a sign that i have not given the money away fast enough to drop out of the top 10. The market has been strong. Year. Oft is up 35 this to what do you attribute that . Bill the company is doing well. We have a great ceo. The importance of software has really come true. The five most valuable companies are technology companies. Microsoft has a good share of that. I get to spend 1 6 of my time at microsoft. Host you said the biggest mistake you made professionally was that microsoft should have the android technology. Why was that the biggest mistake . Bill when you are in a
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Because you have given away so much money, he recently became wealthier. You would think of you would have stayed in college, you do not feel inadequate . Is that correct . It is a sign i have not given the money away fast enough to drop out of the top 10. Microsoft is up 35 percent this year. The company is doing super well. The whole dream of software has really come true. The five most valuable companies in the world are the Technology Companies. Microsoft has a good share of that. I get to spend about six of my time over at microsoft. Recently said the biggest mistake you made professionally was that microsoft should have had the android technology. When youre in a field, we were doing operating system. Personal computers. Winter the mobile phone will be very popular. We were doing windows mobile. We missed being the dominant operating system by very tiny amounts. We do not assign the best people to do the work. The biggest mistake i made in terms of something that was clearly with
Not feel inadequate . Is that correct . It is a sign i have not given the money away fast enough to drop out of the top 10. Microsoft is up 35 percent this year. The company is doing super well. The whole dream of software has really come true. The five most valuable companies in the world are the Technology Companies. Microsoft has a good share of that. I get to spend about six of my time over at microsoft. Recently said the biggest mistake you made professionally was that microsoft should have had the android technology. When youre in a field, we were doing operating system. Personal computers. Winter the mobile phone will be very popular. We were doing windows mobile. We missed being the dominant operating system by very tiny amounts. We do not assign the best people to do the work. The biggest mistake i made in terms of something that was clearly within our skill set. We were clearly the company that should have achieved that. We allow this motorola designed to win. The for the mom