William Gates.

His influence is accidental yet vast, simple intentions with prosperous results. Regardless of your opinions, if you are reading this, chances are he has touched you. William Gates, aka., Bill Gates retired today from Microsoft. Cheers or jeers, he shaped the computer world.

From my early years of BASIC programing about 30 years ago, his life interests me. In Singapore a kid was intrigued by a Harvard dropout who is having fun building computers from a garage and writing programmes. This intrigued found a book on BASIC programming and spent an entire school vacation, reading and writing codes from the home library while other kids played. Who knew that kid that I admired, who only wanted to write codes on the computer, never once thought about making money, will be the richest man in the world. The bottom line, I learnt it was never for the money but do it for the heart.

Apple, UNIX or any other platforms, the point of origin for comparison is still Windows. I can go on and on and on and ignite controversies, but you can go talk amongst yourselves.

Thanks for the years Bill Gates. Way to go!!
*applause.