Saturday, October 25, 2008

Bill Gates' Mystery Startup: bgC3 (PC Magainze)


No one's really sure if bgC3 is just to help coordinate activities for his other organizations, or if it's some new tech/business related initiative.

"Todd Bishop, who has covered Microsoft for the last five years at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, has helped kick off his new TechFlash.com site with by revealing some details behind bgC3, a new startup apparently backed and founded by Bill Gates.
Gates, who stepped down as Microsoft's chief executive earlier this year, is apparently not quite ready to quietly spend the rest of his days fishing on Lake Washington.

"Is this Bill Gates' next big business?" Bishop writes. "A Gates insider gives an emphatic no—saying it's not a commercial venture but rather a vehicle to coordinate the software mogul's work on his business and philanthropic endeavors."...

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