Why Bill Gates is Richer than You - Money is the seed of money

"People look up to Bill Gates as proof that the American Dream is achievable by anyone, but they don't seem to realize that William Henry Gates III comes from one of the wealthiest families in the Pacific Northwest."

To turn $100 into $110 is work.
To turn $100 million into $110 million is inevitable.
(Edgar Bronfman)

"Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million."
(Jean Jacques Rousseau)

"What most users want, though, is a cheap simple device that lets them collaborate with others."

"Windows is way too complex for most consumers and difficult to justify on the server side when you can run Linux for free."
http://philip.greenspun.com/humor/bill-gates.html

And a wonderful video to proof this a little bit ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eCFetvvzNU