Bill Gates Quotes
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Software was the key element that would determine how useable and how broadly applicable the machine was.
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There's a lot that can be done for people who are using technology in a better way.
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If Africa seeks prosperity, it must provide for the health and nutrition of all – including the poorest.
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Most of our competitors were one-product wonders... They would do their one product, but never get their engineering sorted out.
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Africa is the one continent where you still have a lot more young people than old people. So making sure they're healthy, good nutrition, good education. That'll be important for the world.
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Microsoft Research has a thing called the Sense Cam that, as you walk around, it's taking photos all the time. And the software will filter and find the ones that are interesting without having to think, 'Let's get out the camera and get that shot.' You just have that, and software helps you pick what you want.
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China and the U.S. need each other very badly. Yes, we should argue about some things, but it's not an 'us versus them,' it's an 'us and them' type scenario.
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In my parents I saw a model where they were really always communicating, doing things together. They were really kind of a team. I wanted some of that magic myself.
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Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly'... Their best approach so far has been to take all the old brochures and stamp the words 'user-friendly' on the cover.
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We have completely eradicated smallpox; we have almost eradicated polio. That's the miracle of vaccines, which is even greater than that of antibiotics.
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Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
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Anything that someone's interested in should be very, very easy to call up onto the screen. And in fact the computer over time will see what you're interested in and make that immediately available without your having to be give any commands at all.
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It’s been proven that of all the interventions to reduce poverty, improving agricultural productivity is the best.
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Bitcoin is mostly about anonymous transactions, and I don't think over time that's a good way to go. I'm a huge believe in digital currency... but doing it on an anonymous basis I think that leads to some abuses, so I'm not involved in Bitcoin.
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China is certainly an important player in the global economy, and a widespread AIDS epidemic would threaten that growth.
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We need to look at less obvious paths, things like the wind in the jet stream, which is very high up. The material science of what type of kite string you would need to connect up to that. That's still at the basic research level.
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AIDS itself is subject to incredible stigma.
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Paul and I, we never thought that we would make much money out of the thing. We just loved writing software.
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Almost every way we make electricity today, except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts out CO2. And so, what we're going to have to do at a global scale, is create a new system. And so, we need energy miracles.
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We paired this announcement of the R&D with the so-called Breakthrough Energy Coalition, which is 27 [major investors] saying, "Hey, we'll put significant money into [energy innovations] when they're ready to spin out probably into startup companies."
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I think there will be PCs at every price point.
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The only definition by which Americas best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis.
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With nuclear weapons, you'd think you would probably stop after killing 100million. Smallpox won't stop. Because the population is naïve, and there are no real preparations. That, if it got out and spread, would be a larger number.
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A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren't dependent on Washington doing something different.