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Gates was at the top of the tech world for more than three decades. Early on at Microsoft he became the richest man in the world - not bad for someone who was still in his 30s - even now he has only just passed the 50 mark. Yet despite his enormous wealth and achievements, Gates showed little sign of slowing down. He said he was driven by a 'latent fear' that he might miss the next big thing. He had no intention of repeating the mistakes of other dominant computer companies such as IBM and Apple. 'I know very well that in the next ten years, if Microsoft is still a leader, we will have had to weather at least three crises', he says.
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ゲイツは３０年以上にわたりテクノロジー業界の頂点だった。マイクロソフトの初期に、彼は世界一裕福な男になった。３０代の人間にとっては悪く無い話ではあるが、現在においてさえ彼はまだ５０を過ぎたところなのだ。彼の莫大な富や成功にもかかわらず、ゲイツは力を緩めたようには見えなかった。彼が言うには彼は、いつか大きな波を逃すのではないかという「潜在的な恐怖」に駆られていたと述べた。彼はアップルやIBMの失敗を繰り返すつもりは全くなかった。「もしもマイクロソフトがこれから先１０年間トップで在り続けるなら、最低でも３回は悲劇に遭遇するでしょう。」と彼は述べた。
