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1、RemarksofBillGatesHarvardCommencement(Textaspreparedfordelivery)PresidentBok,formerPresidentRudenstine,incomingPresidentFaust,membersoftheHarvardCorporationandtheBoardofOverseers,membersofthefaculty,parents,andespecially,thegraduates:I’vebeenwaitingmorethan30yearstosaythis:“Dad,IalwaystoldyouI’dco
2、mebackandgetmydegree.”IwanttothankHarvardforthistimelyhonor.I’llbechangingmyjobnextyear…anditwillbenicetofinallyhaveacollegedegreeonmyresume.Iapplaudthegraduatestodayfortakingamuchmoredirectroutetoyourdegrees.Formypart,I’mjusthappythattheCrimsonhascalledme“Harvard’smostsuccessfuldropout.”Iguesstha
3、tmakesmevaledictorianofmyownspecialclass…Ididthebestofeveryonewhofailed.ButIalsowanttoberecognizedastheguywhogotSteveBallmertodropoutofbusinessschool.I’mabadinfluence.That’swhyIwasinvitedtospeakatyourgraduation.IfIhadspokenatyourorientation,fewerofyoumightbeheretoday.Harvardwasjustaphenomenalexper
4、ienceforme.Academiclifewasfascinating.IusedtositinonlotsofclassesIhadn’tevensignedupfor.Anddormlifewasterrific.IlivedupatRadcliffe,inCurrierHouse.Therewerealwayslotsofpeopleinmydormroomlateatnightdiscussingthings,becauseeveryoneknewIdidn’tworryaboutgettingupinthemorning.That’showIcametobetheleader
5、oftheanti-socialgroup.Weclungtoeachotherasawayofvalidatingourrejectionofallthosesocialpeople.Radcliffewasagreatplacetolive.Thereweremorewomenupthere,andmostoftheguyswerescience-mathtypes.Thatcombinationofferedmethebestodds,ifyouknowwhatImean.ThisiswhereIlearnedthesadlessonthatimprovingyouroddsdoes
6、n’tguaranteesuccess.OneofmybiggestmemoriesofHarvardcameinJanuary1975,whenImadeacallfromCurrierHousetoacompanyinAlbuquerquethathadbegunmakingtheworld’sfirstpersonalcomputers.Iofferedtosellthemsoftware.IworriedthattheywouldrealizeIwasjustastudentinadormandhanguponme.Insteadtheysaid:“We’renotquiterea
7、dy,comeseeusinamonth,”whichwasagoodthing,becausewehadn’twrittenthesoftwareyet.Fromthatmoment,Iworkeddayandnightonthislittleextracreditprojectthatmarkedtheendofmycollegeeducationandthebeginningofaremarkablejourney
