

The OS won't just be on one device and the information won't just be files - it will be your history including being able to review memories of things like kids growing up. "I am excited about how the cloud and new devices can help us communicate and collaborate in new ways. Gates said he's excited to take a more active role at Microsoft under new CEO Satya Nadella. Then the conversation took a more serious turn.Īsked about his new role - Microsoft last week announced that he was stepping down as company chairman but would increase his participation as a technology advisor to newly-appointed CEO Satya Nadella, Gates avoided directly answering the question.

But i would pick it up and give it to the foundation because there, $100 actually buys quite a bit." They'd probably be fairly distraught about having dropped it. "Well, all my thoughts about money were formed at a time when $100 really was a substantial amount of money.if it's lying there and maybe it belongs to somebody and you ought to find it for them and return it to them," he said.

Ask me anything."įresh from helping to choose the next CEO to run the company he co-founded nearly four decades ago, Gates descended from the mountaintop to mix it up with the new media masses with his second Reddit appearance in the last year.Įven before the festivities officially got underway, Gates posted a video where he answered a question ahead of time by someone left on the Reddit board asking where he would pick up a $100 bill if he saw the money lying on the ground. "Hello Reddit - I'm Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Microsoft founder. Bill Gates announcing his participation in a Reddit Q&A Monday.
