Virtual Earth Team - Streetlevel

MSN India asked users to submit their questions to Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates.
When Bill was in India for the Launch in December, he answered the most choicest of the lot.
So if you ever wondered which was the last piece of shipping code Bill wrote or what is his favorite Indian breakfast… you gotta see this!
Moderated by Sheila Gulati, Director – Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft India
Bill,
if you need to do something with your money i'll help you spend it. i'll do it - I'm not saying it's going to be easy, it's a tough job to spend that much kash, but i'll do it - because that's the kind of team player i am. selfless& committed. it's working
with professionals such as myself that make this business such a worthwhile endeavor.
Jonathan
Well to be truthful, this is the first time I've seen Bill Gates on video. For a person who's got lots of money and fame, he seems to be a down to earth kind of fellow, which is a pleasant surprise.
Even making a simple slip up like referring to the Bible (I think he was referring to the dead sea scrolls) in a heavily dominated country with thousands of religions was cute.
India has great potential and I wish them best. The one thing Bill Gates did leave out in what would help India become a better place to do business as an entrepreneur is drop the caste system and treat everyone the same, but granted this wasn't his place
to do it.
It was also a good answer that he hasn't forgotten his roots in "trying" C# or other programs to keep his edge. Too many CEO's forget where they came from.
This puts Microsoft in a better light with all the negative publicity they have been taking about being a monolith.
I hope Vista does well, otherwise I'm afraid Apple will rule the roost.
cheers
tom
I have to agree with Arun, that for India to advance, her infrastructure has to be improved.
But I still thinks it depends on the mentality of the typical Indian. Mentality meaning their outlook on life, the value of a person, and the value of life.
For India to succeed, there needs to be a thriving middle class economy available also. One thinks of India, they think abject poverty clashed against grotesque riches and wealth like some of the shrines of gold to the 1,000+ gods.
Where are the "joe indian" who drives a Buick or Chevrolet? Either it's a moped or a Mercedes.
Once a healthy middle class exists, then you will see healthy development.
Your comments are incongruent with facts.
Toyota Motors is the strongest car manufacturer because of innovation.
In fact, it is the newly free Eurasian states that have a higher hurdle to jump in true innovation.
And that's what is exciting about these technologies.
The innovation rate of Asia exceeds any other region on Earth, including the United States.
The issue is not innovation. The issue is the economics of growth, the protection of intellectual properties, and the respect for international trade.
I'm pleased to see Gates leading a positive presence in Asia.
These activities should help build collaboration and prevent conflict in the long-run.
Well.. Gates should seriously think on the strategy of competence building for young ITians not specific to India .. but the entire world..
Coming to the Innovative part of the Indians.. especially South Indians are at their best in developping new algorithms.. thats the ground .. that persuaded Microsoft, Google and Yahoo to recruit the fresh ITians and establish their infrastructure at Hyderabad,
Bangalore and Chennai.
The Problem definition is that ..the Indian educational system in the village/mid size town level, where the education is very far from the practical world is lagging behind , even thought they have enough IQ and Creativity.. so If not only Bill.. Its the
time for the major Indian IT Jaints like TCS, Infy and WIPRO to invest some resouces on the students out there ..and let them explain what is mean by IT and what is the essence of it with respect to the personnel competece..
All The Best to the future Indian IT Chaps ..!
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