A World-Changing Investment
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| You'd think having a high-profile, high-paying job at Microsoft would
| be all someone could want out of life... He left his life as a
| Microsoft executive for a sack of books and a yak. And a
| whole lot more.
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| [...]
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| Leaving Microsoft hasn't made John Wood's life easier. "I work
| harder now, I work longer hours," he says. "But I'm much more
| fulfilled -- much happier.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/01/04/a-worldchanging-investment.aspx?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
http://tinyurl.com/y3fgsl
Here's a must-read:
Prisoner of Redmond: Yet Another Way Paul Allen Isn't Like You or Me
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| Robert X. Cringely reveals the true reason why Paul Allen of Microsoft fame
| left the Redmond company, even though it was on track to become an
| extremely valuable stock. Considering Microsoft's track record and behavior
| over the years, this should not be surprising, but if true it is beyond
| pall!
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| [...]
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| There are hundreds of Microsoft millionaires (and even a few
| Microsoft billionaires) in the suburbs of Seattle. [Roy: there used to be a
| blurb here about their retirement and guilt, due to ethics]
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| [...]
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| During one of those last long nights working to deliver DOS 2.0 in
| early 1983, I am told that Paul Allen heard Gates and Ballmer discussing
| his health and talking about how to get his Microsoft shares back if
| Allen were to die.
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| Maybe that's just the sort of fiduciary discussion board members have to
| have, but it didn?t go over well with Paul Allen, who never returned to
| Microsoft, and over the next eight years, made huge efforts to secure
| his wealth from the fate of Microsoft.
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http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060330.html
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