Gates fields questions from future competitors at MIT
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Software is the engine that makes the IT industry run, and developers will need to adapt as the world of computer science changes over the next several years, said Bill Gates, chief software architect at Microsoft, in a speech to students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Thursday.
The U.S. needs to improve its investment in computer research if it is to maintain its leadership position in the global economy, Gates said. Advances in technology have created a world where "the ability to have great jobs is determined by education, not where (those jobs) are," Gates said.