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...chairman and former chief executive of Microsoft, which he began before leaving Harvard in 1975, Gates parlayed a knack for computer science into the world’s largest fortune. He has committed the bulk of that wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, his leading philanthropic organization...
Gates wasn’t available for an interview yesterday, and a spokesman for Microsoft said he didn’t have information on Gates’ time at Harvard...
...focused on leadership development. "We took Tom's advice to his clients," Parks says: " 'Do what you do better than anyone else.' For us, that's leadership training." Their first year was bumpy, with the partners logging lots of travel to reassure clients, most of which they kept, including Microsoft, Nike and New York Life. That assured clients like Mark Hoffman, a human-resources executive at St. Jude Medical. Besides, he says, "Tom Peters didn't offer what we wanted to do anymore...
...coming joost revolution, led by Skype veterans Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, may move TV to the Internet, but that is no reason to call Microsoft's popular WebTV service, which does the opposite, a dud [March 12]. Of Joost, Jeremy Caplan said, "Simplicity is the magic," but nothing is simpler than WebTV. Sure, Microsoft dropped the ball by discontinuing WebTV. But we old-timers--I am almost 83--love it. Lloyd Saletan, New York City...
...nine months and calculate exact savings at the end. If it finds that America isn't getting any greener, Congress has an escape hatch: a provision in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 reserves the right to revert to the old schedule for daylight saving time. Says Kaplan of Microsoft, "Then we'll have to make these fixes all over again...