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" With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain market share in what has been dominated by the iPad-type device. But a lot of those users are frustrated. They can't type. They can't create documents. "

Bill Gates

Gain

Windows

Trying

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Any

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Bridge

Getting Better

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Possible

Know

" Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. "

Bill Gates

Beyond

Utility

" Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs. "