You could say that sort of thing at Microsoft back then without anyone raising a cynical eyebrow, if only because Bill Gates was the planet's de facto head of state for all things to do with technology. In 2001 Gates hobnobbed with popes and prime ministers, penned prophecies (who remembers The Road Ahead?) and emitted an utterly anodyne Q&A column that newspapers across the globe nonetheless clamoured to put into print.
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