It took two years of negotiation for the BBC’s Fiona Bruce to get some face time with Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates. In this rare interview, Bruce gains insights into both the man and the icon—genius, business magnate, philanthropist, and one of the wealthiest people on the planet. In addition, Bruce probes what may be the key question facing Microsoft in the post-Gates era: with its hands tied by antitrust regulators in the U.S. and the E.U. and facing Google and other next-gen Internet innovators, can the software giant possibly win the battle for the Web? Anecdotes from key Gates supporters and outspoken critics are interspersed throughout. Produced by the Open University. (59 minutes)
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