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Microsoft chief Bill Gates bullish on India
Bill Gates expressed great optimism about India and China and continuously referred to them as regions where tremendous change was taking place.
Microsoft CEO Bill Gates on Friday expressed optimism on India and China as they were showing tremendous changes in technology.
Addressing the World Economic Forum, Gates expressed great optimism about India and China and continuously referred to them as regions where tremendous change was taking place.
"While China has become the largest broadband country in the world," Gates said, adding "Indian market was growing and now faces the challenge of taking the latest technology to the rural areas."
He said that technology was also being used for disease reduction and new products.
He elaborated on how the cell phone had transformed from an ear instrument to giving access to the Internet and many more functions.
Gates said though, India and China may not be paying for software, sales in these two countries was increasing and Microsoft was very much there to stay. Moreover, personal computer sales were growing by 11 per cent.
India's Silicon valley Bangalore came in for praise from the czar of IT. Gates said India and China had "brilliant people," a pool that his company was tapping even for its operations in the United States.
