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The smartest thing anyone said about the end of the Bill Gates era
The Bill Gates era in the technology industry has come to an end. Despite all of the attention generated by Gates' official "retirement" from Microsoft, I only found one useful perspective on the issue. by Jason Hiner
Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Internet, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-08-03
Sanity check: Five things we have learned from Bill Gates
With the Bill Gates era coming to an end at Microsoft, this is the perfect opportunity to look back and examine five preeminent lessons we have learned from the world's greatestcomputer geek. by Jason Hiner
Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-06-30
Video: Bill Gates talks past and future in his 'last keynote' for Microsoft
On Tuesday at Microsoft Tech-Ed 2008 in Orlando, Bill Gates gave what was billed as his last keynote as a full-time Microsoft employee. He talked about the past and the future of software development and even made a few product announcements. Gates said: "When I think...
Tags: Keynote, Bill Gates, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Software Development, Development Tools, .Net, Marketing, Software/Web Development, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-06-03
Poll: Is the retirement of Bill Gates a good thing or a bad thing for Microsoft?
Some pundits and tech industry observers think that the retirement of Bill Gates will allow Microsoft to make the transition from a PC-centered company to an Internet company. Others think Microsoft needs the leadership of Gates in order to make such a radical shift. What do you think? ...
Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Internet, Strategy, Leadership, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-05-22
Will Microsoft lose direction when Bill Gates retires?
The retirement of Bill Gates is imminent. In July he will step away from his full time duties at Microsoft and devote his time to charity work at the Gates Foundation. However, he will continue to be the chairman of Microsoft, which has seemingly left the door open for a...
Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Internet, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-05-22
Sanity check: Has Eric Schmidt finally outmaneuvered Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer?
When Eric Schmidt left his job as the chairman and CEO of Novell to become the top executive at Google in 2001 he privately told journalist John Battelle that one of the things he was looking forward to was no longer competing with Microsoft. Bill Gates and...
Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Channel Management, Search, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-05-12
Windows 7 in 2009? Well, not really
Are you hot and bothered over last week's news that Windows 7 could be released as early as next year? Well, it's just not going to happen. Sorry. That didn't stop news sites from picking up on it last week and literally running it around the globe. Unfortunately,...
Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Bill Gates, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-04-07
How a geek hacked his way to a billion dollar business -- and it's not Bill Gates
Sometimes you would think that there aren't any interesting characters in the technology business whose names are not Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. While Gates and Jobs have both had fascinating journeys over the past three decades, if you want to hear about some of the most colorful and influential...
Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Bill Gates, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-04-07
Microsoft petitions to hire 1,600 foreign workers
Last week I blogged about Bill Gates' testimony before a congressional hearing on March 12 in which he advocated lifting the annual cap on H-1B visas in an attempt to be proactive in the face of an "IT skills shortage." TechRepublic members were very vocal in their...
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Worker, H-1B, Strategy, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Management, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-04-01
Here I am Bill Gates - hire me!
There aren't enough good techs to go around.  Just ask Bill Gates.  He wants to bring more in from outside the US.  I'll tell you what.  I'm an American and I think I'm a pretty good tech.  Why don't I apply for a job at Microsoft?  I've got a couple of things going for me...
Tags: Job, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tim Malone
Blog posts 2008-03-20
What is the real reason Bill Gates wants to lift the annual cap on H-1B visas?
Last week I wrote about the fact that many HR departments are claiming an IT skills shortage (IT skill shortage: Where's the hard evidence?). The claims didn't seem to mesh with the findings of a couple of recent university-sponsored studies. But now someone else has joined the...
Tags: Bill Gates, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-03-19
Bill Gates to discuss the need for H-1B visa increase
Bill Gates will be in Washington to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United States House Committee on Science and Technology on March 12. It is expected that he will deliver a speech on education reform. It is also expected that he will discuss immigration -- specifically...
Tags: H-1B Visa, Idea, Business, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Worker, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Tricia Liebert
Blog posts 2008-03-12
Bill Gates may have inadvertently revealed poor Vista sales
Bill Gates may have inadvertently revealed that Microsoft's flagship Windows Vista operating system is faring poorly compared to Windows XP. Gates, speaking at the CES Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas, boasted that Microsoft has sold more than 100 million copies of the operating system...
Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Windows Vista, Bill Gates, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-01-08
Sanity check: The 10 most influential leaders in business technology in 2007
10. Padmasree Warrior, Cisco CTO Last week, Padmasree Warrior -- one of the few non-CEOs on this list -- stepped down as the CTO of Motorola and was introduced as the new CTO of Cisco. This was a huge coup for Cisco, since Warrior has been a driving force...
Tags: Software, John Chambers, Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., CTO, Mobile, Leader, Ray Ozzie, Server, Apple Inc., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Sprint Communications, Intel Corp., CEO, Steve, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2007-12-10
Sanity check: Will Microsoft be your next phone company?
Bill Gates has had a very interesting track record in the prediction business over the past three decades, and now he's making a new prediction: The business phone as we know it will be replaced by software that will unleash a higher level of collaboration and productivity. ...
Tags: Software, Netscape Communicator, Phone, Partnership, Platform, IM, Microsoft Office, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Photo Gallery, Unified Communications Platform, Unified Communication, Business Structures, Telephony, Tools & Techniques, Instant Messaging, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Networking, Management, Internet, Online Communications, Telecommunications, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2007-10-21
Gates: Phones should call person, not number
Microsoft CEO and Chairman Bill Gates sat down with CNET News.com's Ina Fried to discuss how Unified Communications software will finally modernize the business phone. Now if you want to reach people, you can just click and see if and how they're available, whether via phone, e-mail or instant message.
Tags: Telecom & Utilities, bill gates, microsoft, unified communications, voicemail, calendar, telephony, phone, email, technology, ina fried, TechRepublic Inc.
Videos 2007-10-19
Bill Gates spills the beans
Here's an interesting one. In this interview with Bill Gates, he admits that they use software piracy to their advantage. Seems that allowing pirate software China is given as an example leads to purchases and it forces out lower cost alternatives, like Linux:http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2098235.ece
Tags: Linux, RknRlKid, Bill Gates
Discussion threads 2007-07-19
(Photos: Bill Gates goes to Harvard)
As if......he could have done any better! It was in interesting read though; I didn't know he was a dropout. That's rather inspiring for those auto-didactic individuals, such as myself.
Tags: lizaleeza@..., Bill Gates, photograph
Discussion threads 2007-06-08
Photos: Bill Gates goes to Harvard
In a commencement speech at Harvard, the world's richest dropout urge efforts to end the world's inequities.
Tags: Harvard, Bill Gates, photograph
Image galleries 2007-06-07
Jobs, Gates and a Trip Down Memory Lane
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs shared a stage for the first time in over ten years at The Wall Street Journal's D5 conference Wednesday CNET picture gallery, though this time the two industry pioneers met face to face, which looked a lot more comfortable than the Orwellian appearance of Gates...
Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Digital Music, Digital Media, Media Players, Strategy, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Management, Andy Moon
Blog posts 2007-06-05


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