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On Microsoft’s 40 anniversary, Bill Gates talks about what to do next  

April 4, 2015 By Stephanie James Leave a Comment

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Tech giant Microsoft will observe the 40th anniversary of its foundation on Saturday. The software company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975.

Gates marked the auspicious event with an email to his employees on Friday in which he offered advice on what the future may hold for the company.

Gates served as Microsoft’s chief executive official for 25 years before resigning from his role in 2000. He, however, continued as an adviser to incumbent Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Gates is now completely dedicated towards making philanthropic efforts in association with his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Here is the full text of the letter:

“Tomorrow is a special day: Microsoft’s 40th anniversary. Early on, Paul Allen and I set the goal of a computer on every desk and in every home. It was a bold idea and a lot of people thought we were out of our minds to imagine it was possible. It is amazing to think about how far computing has come since then, and we can all be proud of the role Microsoft played in that revolution.

Today though, I am thinking much more about Microsoft’s future than its past. I believe computing will evolve faster in the next 10 years than it ever has before. We already live in a multi-platform world, and computing will become even more pervasive. We are nearing the point where computers and robots will be able to see, move, and interact naturally, unlocking many new applications and empowering people even more. Under Satya’s leadership, Microsoft is better positioned than ever to lead these advances.

We have the resources to drive and solve tough problems. We are engaged in every facet of modern computing and have the deepest commitment to research in the industry. In my role as technical advisor to Satya, I get to join product reviews and am impressed by the vision and talent I see.

The result is evident in products like Cortana, Skype Translator, and HoloLens — and those are just a few of the many innovations that are on the way. In the coming years, Microsoft has the opportunity to reach even more people and organizations around the world. Technology is still out of reach for many people, because it is complex or expensive, or they simply do not have access.

So I hope you will think about what you can do to make the power of technology accessible to everyone, to connect people to each other, and make personal computing available everywhere even as the very notion of what a PC delivers makes its way into all devices. We have accomplished a lot together during our first 40 years and empowered countless businesses and people to realize their full potential. But what matters most now is what we do next.

Thank you for helping make Microsoft a fantastic company now and for decades to come.”

Filed Under: IT & Diversified Sector, Techie Tagged With: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Microsoft, Microsoft’s 40th anniversary, Paul Allen, Satya Nadella

Bill gates warns the next disease epidemic will be much worse

March 20, 2015 By Dave Smith

bill gatesBill Gates describes the Ebola epidemic as both global failure and a wake-up call at Ted (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference.

Ebola virus disease or Ebola is caused by ebolaviruses. Signs and symptoms stars between two days and three weeks after contracting the disease.

It has killed 11000 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

 He said that there were plenty of technology tools that could be used to contain the spread of a virus and governments should learn from how nations prepare for war.

Countries that are part of the NATO frequently run exercises to check if they are ready if a world war breaks out, but the last serious simulation of an epidemic in the United States took place way back in 2002.

Technology can play an important role in preventing the spread of virus he said. Mobile technology can be extensively used to report where the disease breaks out and satellite mapping can collate where the problem areas are.

Advances in biology are tremendous and it has cut the time to quickly develop the vaccine for new viruses.

“There is a significant chance that an epidemic of a substantially more infectious disease will occur sometime in the next 20 years” he said.

He said, even if the system has worked out well for Ebola but it may fail to contain more infectious disease. He further added that he believe that we can solve this problem just like we have solved the other problems.

“The United Nations should empower and fund a global institution to coordinate the creation of a warning and response system, disease surveillance database, and more research on drugs, vaccines, and diagnostic tests.”

“By building a global warning and response system, we can prepare for it and prevent millions of deaths,” Gates concluded.

 

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Bill Gates, Ebola virus, ebolaviruses, global warning and response system, NATO, Technology, TED conference, warning to the world

Gates, Bloomberg create USD 4 million fund to legally fight Big Tobacco

March 18, 2015 By Stephanie James

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Renowned philanthropists Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg have once again teamed up to create a new fund worth USD 4 million to help the developing countries that are facing potentially pricey challenges on legal front from big tobacco companies.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies on Wednesday made the official announcement about the creation of the anti-tobacco trade litigation fund to help those nations facing the brunt of tobacco firms.

According to them, the nations having limited resources must not be bullied into making bad choices for health policy.

“This new fund is going to help countries who are sued by the tobacco industry fight back in court and win,” former New York mayor Bloomberg told media persons during a telebriefing.

The US-based “Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids” will be administering the fund that starts with USD 4 million. The initial investment is likely to grow with the growth of the donors.

Bloomberg and Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft and world’s richest person, cited examples of Uruguay that has been battling a legal suit since 2010 by the cigarette making company Philip Morris International against the graphic health warnings use on the packets of tobacco products.

They also underscored the example of Australia which has been fending off a legal challenge from World Trade Organization (WTO) and Philip Morris each against its anti-tobacco laws.

According to Bloomberg, the tobacco industry commonly uses international trade agreements for threatening as well as preventing the nations from clearing tobacco control laws.

“This is not about trade. No one is a stronger supporter of capitalism and trade than I am. This is about sovereignty and whether a country has the right to set its own public health policies,” he said.

A report by the World Lung Foundation’s 2012 Tobacco Atlas and the American Cancer Society has showed that the collaborative profit of the six leading tobacco firms was USD 35.1 billion in the year 2010.

 

 

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: American Cancer Society, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Michael Bloomberg, World Lung Foundation's 2012 Tobacco Atlas

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