Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/previewImages/100/410233_100x75.jpg Channel 9 - Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future Bill Gates has been at the helm of Microsoft for the entire existence of Microsoft. It's the only place he's worked and he's getting ready to step down from his day to day responsibilities in his office on the Redmond campus. Bill's employment future will be centered around running his philanthropic enterprise, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill is fundamentally shifting his focus from achieving his dream of "a PC in every home" to helping realize the vision of "healthy people in every country". He talks about how each one of us can help make this dream come true by donation of time, expertise and, of course, money.Charles caught up with Bill to discuss his transition from full time at Microsoft to full time at his global philanthropic foundation (he will still be involved with major decisions given that he will retain his post as the Chairman of Microsoft and his email address will still be functional ).Questions addressed in this conversation include: What's on Bill's mind as he prepares to step away from his full time responsibilities at Microsoft? What was his rationale for making the decision? What was behind his decision to put Ray Ozzie in the role of Microsoft Chief Software Architect? What does a CSA actually do? Why is Microsoft so focused on competing with Google and is search as important as we think? What's top of mind for Bill that Developers who target our platform should pay attention to now and in the next decade? How can Microsoft become more agile given the complexity that arises from so much asynchronous innovation spanning disparate product units? Why does Windows still matter in an Internet world?Enjoy. This is a good one. Thank you again, Bill, for your support of C9 over the years, the incredible innovation you brought to market and the incredible generosity of your foundation. en Fri, 24 May 2013 22:25:17 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 22:25:17 GMT Rev9 Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future
I suppose it'd be a step too far to have Bill post here just once...

...right? Tongue Out

posted by Bas

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498365720000000 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:49:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498365720000000 Bas Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future

Haven't been watching the video page lately; linked here from Jeff's twitter.  Thanks Jeff.

posted by SlackmasterK

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498373950000000 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:03:15 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498373950000000 SlackmasterK Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future posted by TommyCarlier

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498409770000000 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:02:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498409770000000 TommyCarlier Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future Wait wait wait, there's some sort of cloud services thing Ray Ozzie has been working on that isn't Mesh, and is secret enough to bleep out even the codename? Spill the beans, man! We can't wait until PDC!

Great interview, Charles. Really informative. Bill remains one of the most interesting people in IT.

posted by Bas

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498410700000000 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:04:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498410700000000 Bas Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future
Come to PDC 08 to learn first hand about [bleep]! Smiley It's incredibly cool... There's a lot we can't talk about right now. You can bet that when we can, we'll go deep into it right here on C9.
C

posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498417840000000 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:16:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498417840000000 Charles Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future
My statement is: Keep it simple. Let the user decide and let the developers provide.

posted by Omen

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498563280000000 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:18:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498563280000000 Omen Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future bill is like a rockstar for guys like me Smiley (yeah im a geek, Tongue Out )

but who bleeped him? Tongue Out if anyone should be allowed to say whatever they want it should be him Wink

also, a post from bill in this thread would be really really cool Wink

posted by aL_

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498581720000000 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:49:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498581720000000 aL_ Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future Ayyy, incredible guy - watched him on bbc the other night (I think there was a comment about channel9 briefly on it), I have to admit- I assumed bill would be like most "managers" (for lack of better word) and would have lost contact with the users and those that really develope the software.. but that certainly isn't true.

Also Bas, isn't one of the big features in windows 7 suposed to be a native web services communication layer?

posted by stevo_

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498603670000000 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:26:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498603670000000 stevo_ Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future posted by Cyonix

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498710680000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:24:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498710680000000 Cyonix Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future
I checked it out on an internal site (http://[beep]) and I think I can say that [beep] is totally [beep]ing awesome Tongue Out

posted by Sampy

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498721980000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:43:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498721980000000 Sampy Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future
At least keep them separate from the regular comments.

posted by Sven Groot

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498769040000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:01:44 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498769040000000 Sven Groot Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future Charles, you guys should use cams with progressive scan the next time. The interview is great (actually, it is really cool) but the quality isn't because you can see the artifacts of the interleaced scan cameras (when you or Bill moves fast, you can see that only half of the lines are updated)...

posted by littleguru

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498808060000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:06:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498808060000000 littleguru Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future posted by Dovella

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498838040000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:56:44 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498838040000000 Dovella Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future
and also, please dont hard encode those black borders Smiley they really get in the way on 16:9 displays :/
Great interview as always though Smiley

posted by aL_

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498946220000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:57:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633498946220000000 aL_ Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future Why must you taunt us, Sampy!

posted by Bas

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499027240000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:12:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499027240000000 Bas Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future I've always admired how humble and calm Bill remains.
Compare this video to any with a certain guy by the name of Larry. Smiley 

posted by wisemx

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499070860000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:24:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499070860000000 wisemx Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future  
Why there was no "funny video" about BG's "last day at MS"?... Strange...
 
PS: Yep, I'm bloody bst*rd, but that stupid video is really annoying...

posted by BlackTiger

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499077290000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:35:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499077290000000 BlackTiger Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future
Thanks!
..Ben

posted by Ben Hayat

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499172730000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:14:33 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499172730000000 Ben Hayat Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future C

posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499251170000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:25:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499251170000000 Charles Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future posted by SlackmasterK

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499257370000000 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:35:37 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499257370000000 SlackmasterK Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future

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posted by steveballmer

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499544830000000 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:34:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499544830000000 steveballmer Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future posted by digimint

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499951980000000 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:53:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633499951980000000 digimint Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future posted by lancefisher

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633500061770000000 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:56:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633500061770000000 lancefisher Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future Glad you like dit! Re Vista, Bill does address Windows, specifically. The context for this conversation is the future and Vista is here now... He explains how he thinks Windows will remain pertinent in an increasingly Internet-connected world of servers and services that provide data for any device. I thought his answer was spot on: Windows will drive service innovation and provide the mechanisms for truly rich user experiences that consume from the cloud.

Cheers,
C

posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633500140450000000 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:07:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633500140450000000 Charles Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future C

posted by Charles

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633500140730000000 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:07:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633500140730000000 Charles Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future Great interview.

Congratulations Charles.

Will you be interviewing Ray Ozzie next for Channel 9?

The smiley has gone through many incarnations over the years, but it consistently retains the same features. ("Kolobok" type)

posted by raymond

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633501817350000000 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:42:15 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633501817350000000 raymond Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future It is really fascinating to hear from BillG what is gonna be next for us!

Thanks,
Ibrahim

http://www.ibrahimdurmus.com/

posted by ibrahim durmus

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633502386650000000 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:31:05 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Bill-Gates-Transitioning-into-the-Future#c633502386650000000 ibrahim durmus