Microsoft chairman makes pitch for foreign workers
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Contrary to popular sentiment, a country can never have too many geniuses.
That was one of the underlying messages from Bill Gates during an appearance before a national convention of state legislators Wednesday in Seattle. Microsoft's founder touched on subjects as diverse as technology, education reform -- and his desire to see the United States make it easier for top foreign technologists to work here.
Gates recalled a time when Microsoft hired a wave of people from India to work in the United States. News reports there lamented the departure of so many brilliant people, he said, while those here bemoaned the arrival of workers perceived as competing with domestic talent.