That's saying his kids have the exact same version the public does which I highly doubt.
I wouldn't complain if my dad was the richest person to have ever lived. I would complain if he wasn't going to leave me a good chunk though. I understand where he's coming from but I personally would put in my will that they couldn't get the money until they graduated college with a certian level of degree and with a least a certian GPA. That way they would still have to work hard and help understand they can't just sit back and not do anything.

well if the kids took over microsoft...then hmm they could be rich off their assses!

Bill Gates is retiring in 2008.

http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/002278.html

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...orpNewsPR.mspx

oh well..he could live off what he's got easy...he could have retired 10 years ago and still would be good to go...

Oh yeah, money will never be a problem for him. Plus he still is the largest shareholder of Microsoft so he has money there as well.
He can VERY easily live off just the intrest of his money and never use a penny of his own money.

yup...He could uhh throw a few pennies my way if he wanted, he lives up in seattle about 50 miles from my house, I know a kid who's related to him some how and is getting 20k in shares I guess, not much money but its a nice start. :)

SIDENOTE: so does bill nye the science guy, my friends dad saw him at a store one time... my 9th grade science teacher went to college with him...we had some of his shows props in the class room, pretty neat...

I hated Bill Nye, I always liked Beakman's(sp) World a lot more.