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Bill Gates Founds New "Think Tank" Company

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the short-drive-from-the-house-on-the-lake dept.

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 ..."

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  1. Corbis? by isaac · · Score: 3, Informative

    Corbis is Bill Gates' second company, not the Foundation.

    -Isaac

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    I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. For Entertainment Purposes Only.
  2. Re:640GB should be enough for anyone... by Warll · · Score: 3, Informative

    And what if the Space shuttle was as reliable as your car? Yeah its apples to oranges, integrated firmware is not the same as a full OS.

  3. Re:640GB should be enough for anyone... by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, um, about that ... you really need to read this book, paying special attention to who was at war with whom, and for how long. Also of note, is that Bill Gates does not claim that the Internet is just a fad, and never has claimed that the Internet is just a fad. Pay no attention to the fact that Gates said exactly that; so long as he denies it, it never happened!

    Anyone who thinks Gates is a "visionary" clearly hasn't read Gates' The Road Behind.

    On a side note, Amazon says:
    The Road Ahead (Penguin Readers, Level 3) (Paperback)

    ROTFLMAO ... They said Penguin in a M$ context; those kidders!

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    Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
  4. Re:Seems sensible by IronChef · · Score: 3, Informative

    I bet it's on the "Kirkland Riviera," the part of downtown Kirkland that's right on the lake. There are even bikinis visible in the parks there during the three warm weeks of the year.

    I live nearby. I should polish up my resume. ;)