Bill Gates Goes On Record

Bill Gates spends much of his time working on technology and being a business person.  In this rare appearance, speaking with students and faculty (and a few media people) at Carnegie Mellon University, Gates talks candidly about the computer industry and state of the world.

Among his topics:

• The incredible things that will happen during the next decade.

• What it was like in the early days of Microsoft and the computer industry.

• The surprise findings when computers go into libraries.

• The inflexion points and milestones that changed the face of computing.

• Inside the labs at Microsoft.

• Cool new human interface technology.

• The largest R&D budget in the world.  "Are we crazy?"

• The big bet at Microsoft.

• The impact of monster databases.

• Global competition and how it will change the way your work.

• Where the jobs will be - and which will be the most compelling.

• The factors that limit breakthroughs in computing.

• Peer-2-peer file sharing.

Plus, listen in to a unique Q&A session in which CMU students challenge Microsoft's Chairman & Chief Technology Officer in ways that you wouldn't expect.

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(Windows Media Format - 72 Minutes)