Today, rich countries have a sewage system where you bring water in, put the human waste in it and it goes out to all the way to a treatment processing plant, that requires the installation of a lot of pipes. It's very expensive and it's not gon na happen in these newer, poorer cities.

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It's hard to improve public education - that's clear. by Bill Gates

It's hard to improve public education - that's clear.

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For a highly motivated learner, it's not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you're a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good.

internet secret book

If I hadn't given my money away, I'd have had more than anyone el... by Bill Gates

If I hadn't given my money away, I'd have had more than anyone else on the planet.

planets given ifs

There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.

bugs want numbers

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.

money inspiring inspirational

We are always saying to ourself.. we have to innovate. We got to come up with that breakthrough... we're only paid for breakthroughs.

breakthrough come-up business

In almost every job now, people use software and work with information to enable their organization to operate more effectively.

organization jobs people

I feel certain that the personal computer is as revolutionary in terms of the way it will change the way we work, learn, and entertain ourselves as any of these previous advances.

computer revolutionary way

Who decides what's in Windows? The customers who buy it. by Bill Gates

Who decides what's in Windows? The customers who buy it.

customers success window

We will never make a 32-bit operating system. by Bill Gates

We will never make a 32-bit operating system.

operating-systems bits historical

The inventory, the value of my company, walks out the door every... by Bill Gates

The inventory, the value of my company, walks out the door every evening.

inventory evening doors

When I say "miracle" I mean a kind of thing like a computer on a chip, or the internet, or the cellphone, that are really quite miraculous. Most people would not have predicted them, and their effect has been very, very dramatic.

miracle mean people

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize in positive ways to help society.

drones people thinking

Microsoft has had its success by doing low-cost products and constantly improving those products and we've really redefined the IT industry to be something that's about a tool for individuals.

technology business success

Bill Gates' Success Factors for Microsoft 1. Long-term Approach 2. Passion for Products and Technology 3. Teamwork 4. Results 5. Customer Feedback 6. Individual Excellence

passion educational teamwork

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahe... by Bill Gates

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

optimism optimistic positive

I hope someday what people can do with their lives depends on their talents and how hard they are willing to work, rather than on where they happen to be born.

someday talent people

It's not easy to remember, but IBM was the computer industry when I was growing up. You loved 'em. You hated 'em. You knew what they were doing. They had set a standard for mainframes. They also set a standard for great sales focus and heavy product R & D.

ems growing-up focus

As for drugs - well, Gates was certainly not unusual there. Marijuana was the pharmaceutical of choice.

marijuana weed choices

Middle-income countries are the biggest users of GMOs. Places lik... by Bill Gates

Middle-income countries are the biggest users of GMOs. Places like Brazil.

gmos income country