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Bill Gates aims to catalyze technology again

Posted by Dan Moren | Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:30 AM PT

bgc3.jpgNow that Microsoft founder Bill Gates has left the company, what’s he up to? You might think he’s kicking back in his Seattle-area compound, rocking out to Guitar Hero, weeding the garden, and building realistic dioramas of World War II era battles entirely out of hundred dollar bills.

But no, Bill’s not one to just sit around. He’s launched a brand new technological think tank, mysteriously dubbed bgc3. The company’s website shows only the think tank’s logo, seen above, but according to public documents, its trademark is established in the fields of “scientific and technological services,” “industrial analysis and research,” and “design and development of computer hardware and software.”

According to Tech Flash, bgc3 stands for “Bill Gates Catalyst 3”, though honestly, that makes it sound more like some sort of eerie supervillain-like corporation. Let’s open this up to you, dear readers: what is Billy G up to now? Chime in below.

[via Gizmodo]

Comments (7)

It's like Umbrella Corporation in Resident Evil. BG virus will infect all of us into Windows using zombies.

VacuumTube
October 23, 2008
9:33 AM PT

C3 means command, control, and communications. Next he'll launch bgc4 (command, control, communications and computers--how'd he leave out the 4th c?) and take over the world.

Does Tech Flash cover what catalysts 1 and 2 were? I'm not buying this Catalyst 3 nonsense.

Dave-O
October 23, 2008
9:46 AM PT

It's ThinkTank, from the Fourth Doctor story "The Robot."

... Anyone? Why do I hear crickets chirping?

October 23, 2008
10:35 AM PT

Command, control...DELETE.

cuban_pete
October 23, 2008
10:56 AM PT

Bill's Great Cookies 3...He's planning on opening three cookie kisoks in malls around the seattle area. I hear that one of the Google guys is going to open a muffin shop.

Chris Collins
October 23, 2008
1:14 PM PT

a muffin shop??? Who wants a beta muffin??

Anonymous
October 23, 2008
4:20 PM PT

Bill's Got Chlamydia-for the third time!

Wondercow Author Profile Page
October 23, 2008
5:23 PM PT

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