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rethink sanitation for the world’s poorest
giving a speech
toilet
software in high school
twenties
magic of software,
ever-rising learning curve
U.S. government’s antitrust suit against Microsoft had drained me
Stepping down as CEO in early 2000, I hoped to focus more on building software products, always the best part of my job.
drugs and vaccines for diseases in poor countries
non-Microsoft reading
immune system,
malaria
The Art of Computer Programming.
Melinda and I transferred $20 billion of Microsoft stock to our foundation, making it the largest of its kind in the world
polio vaccine into babies’ mouths
Thailand and India
AIDS
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