The richest man on the planet has got to be having some sleepless nights. We bless his soul for going charitable as the alternative, following in Andrew Carnegie's footsteps as he has done so well, but giving away money is a slow, relatively pedantic process, one which absolutely demands too many chicken dinners away from home.
And guess who is having all the fun? His buddy and confidant, Steve Jobs. Virtually waging war on the the world's wireless phone systems, and now declaring the demolition of Google's phone...he's having a blast! All the while, the internet is replacing traditional media as the people's voice, with exponentially larger selective audiences and less than tabloid journalism standards, leading to the type of virile reporting I'm practicing right here. No triple confirmations on this rumor.
Yes, Bill is contemplating a return. He sees chaos at the factory. The problem is most of that chaos is his legacy and unlike Jobs, his return won't fix it. Don't mistake my admiration for Mr. Gates' bottom line success; this is the Prime Mandate of a public company; return on investment. Who to say the hundreds of genius millionaires he graduated from Microsoft aren't an even bigger world blessing than the overly pernicious Windows itself?
More to follow. I'll try to talk it over with Bill, I know he's got some specific concerns before making the leap backwards.
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