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Opposites attract may not be true just in the case of personal relationships, but even for business partnerships. The comparison between the partnership shared by Microsoft's Mr Bill Gates and Mr Steve Ballmer on the one hand, and the Infosys' Mr Narayana Murthy and Mr Nandan Nilekani, on the other, set the tone for discussion of a seminar `Bridging the digital divide', organised by Microsoft India on the occasion of Microsoft's CEO Mr Steve Ballmer's visit to India.
While Mr Bill Gates and Mr Narayana Murthy's personalities can be described more as "introvert" and "geeky", Mr Steve Ballmer and Mr Nandan Nilekani share more "extrovert" and "flamboyant" traits.
Another interesting similarity that was cited by Mr Prannoy Roy, who moderated the panel discussion, was that the richest men of America, Mr Gates and Mr Ballmer and their counterpart in India, the Reliance chief, Mr Mukesh Ambani, were academic drop-outs.
Taking off where Mr Roy left the discussion, Mr Narayana Murthy commented, "What makes this remarkable (the richest being drop-outs) is the fact that despite their backgrounds, they had tremendous courage to take significant decisions, one of the key hallmarks of good leadership."
Primary Focus
Talking on the future of technologies and Microsoft's focus on India, Mr Ballmer said, "Our primary focus is to have the best minds of the world to create computers that can be affordable for India's one billion population. We are not looking at one computer per village or family, but at an individual level. Be it raw material or any other factor, we are exploring all possibilities to make this happen."
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