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Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect, and N R Narayana Murthy, chairman & chief mentor of Infosys Technologies, have quite a few things in common.
Both are the IT world's icons who created companies that have made waves globally, both are humble men with a sharp sense of humour, and both dream big of changing the world.
At a conference organised by The Indus Entrepreneurs in New Delhi on Wednesday, both Gates and Murthy candidly admitted to having a split personality. Addressing the audience Gates said that while at one meeting he planned how to make more money, at another on the very same day he discussed how to give that away.
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While Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave away more than $47 million in cash and $363 million in software to various non-profit organisations throughout the world, the Infosys Foundation carries out projects in the areas of healthcare, education and rural upliftment.
Their dream
Gates said his original dream was not 'sales,' but a dream computer. Even today he dreams of one such PC that would change the lives of one and all. He also dreams to see a PC on top of every desk, but rues "we are no where near the finish line."
His biggest dream, however, no matter how impossible it may sound is to merge the United States with India and China to create a great country.
Murthy's dream was to set up a company that is respected globally, but as he humbly stated: "We are miles away from it."
Their nightmare
While Murthy has sleepless nights worrying about scalability, Gates' biggest fear is that he may miss out a technological change and his rivals may make hay over it.'