Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.
Bill GatesGood stuff tends to happen gradually, whereas violence or catastrophes are deemed more newsworthy.
Bill GatesThe US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.
Bill GatesI try to make time for reading each night. In addition to the usual newspapers and magazines, I make it a priority to read at least one newsweekly from cover to cover. If I were to read what intrigues me- say, the science and business sections - then I would finish the magazine the same person I was when I started. So I read it all.
Bill GatesWe're still missing about a dozen vaccines that will make a huge difference. For adults, we've got HIV and TB are still huge; for kids malaria is still killing a half million kids a year out of that 6 million. We probably need some vaccines, but we need a little more data to make sure we're getting the vaccines that will save the most lives.
Bill Gates