Bill Gates Founds New "Think Tank" Company

Homncruse sends in news of Bill Gates's new adventure, adding "I was working just one or two floors under this new office when it was all coming together. I even unknowingly shared an elevator with him at one time on his way up to the office." The article notes that the name "bgC3" derives from Bill Gates, catalyst, and the "third thing," neither Microsoft or the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "Just months after his Microsoft farewell, Bill Gates is quietly creating a new company — complete with high-tech office space, a cryptic name and even its own trademark. Public documents describe the new Gates entity — bgC3 LLC — as a 'think tank.' It's housed within a Kirkland office that the Microsoft co-founder established on his own after leaving his day-to-day executive role at the company this summer ... However, bgC3 will also oversee Gates' personal pursuit of breakthrough ideas in science and technology. [An] insider said the goal isn't necessarily to create new companies, although ideas could be passed along to Microsoft, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — or others — as it makes sense ..."

Comments

Re:Rich PPL

[Eli Gottlieb]

No, I'm fairly sure Steve Jobs isn't Palestinian.

Re:640GB should be enough for anyone...

[olddotter]

Seriously lets look at the record... They totally missed the web. Windows is fabulously successful commercially, but a total flop as a work of science. MS has taught everyone to accept poor quality in software. What is the software in your car, TV, DVD player, etc. were no more reliable than a Windows PC?

Re:Rich PPL

[kalel666]

Nope, Lebanese.

What to do? What to Do?

[tuxgeek]

Considering that BG bought the original dos, QDDOS, from an unsuspecting hacker, and he paid meat puppets to code all the garbage he marketed, I'll bet he didn't start a new company for innovation purposes. He is nothing more than a successful scam artist.

Probably brain storming now how to buy Linux and then destroy it.