{"id":172,"date":"2007-07-20T00:45:06","date_gmt":"2007-07-19T19:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kunaldua.local\/blog\/?p=172"},"modified":"2007-07-20T00:45:06","modified_gmt":"2007-07-19T19:15:06","slug":"the-bill-everyone-loves-to-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunaldua.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/20\/the-bill-everyone-loves-to-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bill everyone loves to… love!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lines that stood out for me from Bill Gates’ remarks at Harvard<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I remember going to Davos some years back and sitting on a global health panel that was discussing ways to save millions of lives. Millions! Think of the thrill of saving just one person’s life – then multiply that by millions. … Yet this was the most boring panel I’ve ever been on – ever. So boring even I couldn’t bear it.<\/p>\n

What made that experience especially striking was that I had just come from an event where we were introducing version 13 of some piece of software, and we had people jumping and shouting with excitement. I love getting people excited about software – but why can’t we generate even more excitement for saving lives?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He spoke about issues close to his heart, but he started off with a couple of jokes, which is always a nice way to start, and made me think, again (( Remember AllThingsD<\/a> and the “I am not Fake Steve Jobs<\/a>” remark, again, right at the start? Either this guy is good or well tutored :p Ya ya, once a Microsoft cynic, always a cynic. )), not bad, this guy has a sense of humor (( There’s no such thing as a good sense of humor or bad sense of humor. You either have a sense of humor, or you don’t. )).<\/p>\n

I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I’ll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.<\/p>\n

I applaud the graduates today for taking a much more direct route to your degrees. For my part, I’m just happy that the Crimson has called me “Harvard’s most successful dropout.” I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class … I did the best of everyone who failed.<\/p>\n

But I also want to be recognized as the guy who got Steve Ballmer to drop out of business school. I’m a bad influence. That’s why I was invited to speak at your graduation. If I had spoken at your orientation, fewer of you might be here today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And this little gem:<\/p>\n

Radcliffe was a great place to live. There were more women up there, and most of the guys were science-math types. That combination offered me the best odds, if you know what I mean. This is where I learned the sad lesson that improving your odds doesn’t guarantee success.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Keep up all the good work Bill, the world appreciates it. Needless to say, I am talking about all non-technical projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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