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Bill Gates: The Rolling Stone Interview

11 pointsby 12y agorollingstone.com
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12y agoHN ↗

My favorite take away was Gates presuming that Microsoft would have been interested in buying WhatsApp.

What do you want to bet that Ballmer first heard of the company when the deal was announced?