学习笔记-4月15日

(2008-4-15) Certainly from my perspective the adjustments that we’ve seen in the capital markets, in the labor markets have been amazing and they’ve been amazing in all the ways that people focus in on obviously, particularly in the capital markets, but I was particularly glad that Bob raised the idea of doing a panel this time essentially on the labor or talent market, because I have seen a dramatic change in the flow of people and talent over the course of the last year since we’ve seen the issues arise in this so-called dot-com world.

It is a pleasure to host this kind of event. We want these things to be very interactive, very lively. We have a pretty full agenda, but there’s still plenty of time for interaction, and that absolutely is the critical element.

And without further ado, I’m going to turn things over to Bill Gates. Bill is going to lead us off with a little bit of discussion and demonstration of some of the kinds of things we think will continue to impact and positively impact the work all of us do over the next several years.