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Christos Papadimitriou mentioned Bill Gates in this interview: http://awards.acm.org/info/papadimitriou_4558987.cfm http://awards.acm.org/info/papadimitriou_455
by ziyao_w 11y ago
Christos Papadimitriou mentioned Bill Gates in this interview: http://awards.acm.org/info/papadimitriou_4558987.cfm http://awards.acm.org/info/papadimitriou_4558987.cfm.
Quote: "I remember thinking: "Such a brilliant kid. What a waste.""
I wonder what would happen if Gates went on to become an academic while Papadimitriou an entrepreneur. Maybe in some parallel universe.
- sotojuan 11y agoI'm willing to say the same thing about Richard Stallman (replace entrepreneur with activist, of course).