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After stepping down as Microsoft??€™s chief executive in 2000, Gates has devoted his energies and wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a philanthropic organization that funds health and anti-poverty programs in the developing world...
...Part of it is the softer edge of technology. Few people believe that Microsoft??€™s dubious dealings in the 90s were truly acting against the public interest. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page unseated MSN and Yahoo with a mere algorithm—proof of the economy’s democratic nature. Tech fortunes just seem less exploitative, built on mainframes and lines of code rather than the backs of unskilled laborers...
...including thousands of college seniors across the country who have yet to complete their graduation requirements—will be sent home to reapply next year.This is a misguided policy because high-skill immigrants and guest workers contribute tremendously to our economy. For instance, one-third of Microsoft??€™s domestic employees are foreigners. And a 2004 study revealed that more American-born Intel Science finalists had parents who came to America on an H-1B visa than had domestically-born parents. Congress must recognize that the halo effect around these talented, innovative workers benefits the entire American economy...
...Steven A. Ballmer ’77, now Microsoft??€™s chief executive, in their freshman year, and the two lived on the same floor in Currier House...
...Steven A. Ballmer ’77, now Microsoft??€™s chief executive, in their freshman year, and the two lived on the same floor in Currier House...