Gates on the past, the future, and Google
eWeek | at | by Mike
Bill Gates tells Charlie Rose and Stanford University audience at TechNet conference that 'we're at the beginning of something important again' in development of technology -- just as in the 1980s with the advent of the PC.
"Yes, it's later than we planned. But we want it to be right. It reminds me of when we released Windows 95 late that year, taking much longer than we planned. Its code-name had been Chicago. So when it finally came out, one of our competitors took out a full-page ad in the newspaper that read: "All Flights Are Late to Chicago."