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
Bill i havent given the money away fast enough to drop out of the top 10. Microsoft is up 35 this year. To what do you attribute that . Bill the company is doing well. We have a great ceo great ceo. The importance of software has really come true. The five most valuable companies are Technology Companies. 1 6 of my time at microsoft. Said the biggest mistake you made professionally was that microsoft should have the entry technology. In the field of doing operating systems for personal computers. Were very popular. We were doing windows mobile. We missed being the dominant mobile operator by a tiny amount. This is 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 didnt. Motorola designed to go to android. Design to go to android. Host today, youre the only company over a trillion dollars. How much better could you have been . [laughter] bill market cap is only an indirect thing. Way it
Doctor subcommittee will come to order at ask unanimous consent the chair could declare recess in a timer that objections order. Good morning everyone thank you for we are here today to discuss one of the most with the u. S. Arsenal. That is software. It is crucial to our ability very in the air, the sea come , onlinein space anderspace. Aircraft carriers will be able to leave our pier they can deliver a payload over its target we expect the system and code we rely on work whenâ– j needed. Despite this was seo dartmenterg and prioritizing software. Congress do know when something is wrong and something is right or in something is working or w. We read the studies repeatedly noting the department struggles with software findings that are remarkably consistent the 1980s untilin today. Its fundamentally amiss. My hope is for the witnesses to not only describe the problem but contextualize where possible what is being done to date with the largest barriers have been to address these issues
Numbers if you have an emergency. There also at our website, wtsp. Com. You can hear, a rally outside the headquarters for pinellas schools. A push to make changes at schools that of the worst in the state. We are there live right now jonathan, what is going on behind you . A couple of dozen protesters trying to get the Pinellas County school board to listen and make changes to what is basically the five were schools in the entire state. This comes from a massive Tampa Bay Times investigation labeling of the failure factory. And essentially they say 2007 the school board got rid of integration and all the schools, which led to this situation. They didnt keep up with funding in the poorer schools as promised. There was massive teacher promised. There was massive teacher turnover and a lot of problems this investigation started over the summer. The National Secretary of education is coming, the state of floridas also investigating. Coming up tonight at 6 00 p. M. We will have reaction fr