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1、离开微软，改变世界离开微软，改变世界 leavingleaving microsoftmicrosoft toto changechange thethe worldworldP E R H A P S S I R S O M E D AY Y O U W I L L C O M E B A C K W I T H B O O K S iii Leaving Microsoft to Change the World An Entrepreneurs Odyssey to Educate the Worlds Children JOHN WOOD C O N T E N TS PA RT 1
2、D I S C OV E R I N G N E PA L L E AV I N G M I C RO S O FT Chapter 1 Perhaps Sir You Will Someday Come Back with Books 3 Chapter 2 An Idea Burns by Candlelight 12 Chapter 3 You Need to Get Home Soon 21 Chapter 4 Woody and Johns Excellent Adventure 29 Chapter 5 Debating a Radical Change 35 Chapter 6
3、Lonely in a City of 12 Million Strangers 39 Chapter 7 Gates in China 45 Chapter 8 Walking Away 61 PA RT 2 STA RT I N G OV E R Chapter 9 The Start- up Years An Object in Motion Remains in Motion 75 Chapter 10 Making the Ask 87 Chapter 11 Expansion beyond Nepal 97 Chapter 12 A Postcard from Nepal 109
4、iv C O N T E N TS Chapter 13 What Every Entrepreneur Needs A Strong Second- in- Command 118 Chapter 14 September 11 128 Chapter 15 Building the Microsoft of Nonpro ts 137 Chapter 16 Building the Network 151 Chapter 17 Your Life Is a Mess 171 PA RT 3 H I TT I N G O U R ST R I D E Chapter 18 Putting G
5、irls in Their PlaceSchool 181 Photographic Inserts Chapter 19 Count Me In Don 193 Chapter 20 The Students of Cambodia 199 Chapter 21 The Network Goes into Overdrive 207 Chapter 22 Democracy in Action in India 214 Chapter 23 The Tsunami 219 Chapter 24 The Millionth Book 239 Epilogue The Next Chapter
6、of My Adult Life 251 Acknowledgments Index About the Author Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher PA RT 1 D I S C OV E R I N G N E PA L L E AV I N G M I C RO S O FT C H A P T E R 1 P E R H A P S S I R YO U W I L L S O M E DAY C O M E B AC K W I T H B O O KS N I C Y W I N D B L E W O F F T H E
7、M O U N T A I N A S I Z I P P E D M Y F L E E C E Ajacket against the encroaching night Looking up from my journal I watched the sun sink behind the soaring snowcapped Hi- malayas Clouds appeared massed behind the ridgeline ready to march into the valley like night sentries A young Nepali boy inter-
8、 rupted to offer a drink This eight- year- old appeared to be running the small trekkers lodge on his own I had seen no one else during my two hours at the table I asked if they had beer Yes was his enthusiastic reply As I wondered about child labor laws and whether this might be the youngest barten
9、der Id ever been served by he ran off On a normal day I would be ordering another coffee at sun- down preparing for the three or four hours left in my workday as a marketing director at Microsoft Today was blissfully different the rst of 21 days of trekking in the Himalayas I wanted the beer to toas
10、t the start of my longest holiday in nine years and a break from the treadmill of life in the software industry during the break- neck 1990s Ahead lay three weeks without e-mail phone calls meetings or a commute Three weeks where the biggest challenge 4 L E AV I N G M I C R O S O F T TO C H A N G E
11、T H E W O R L D was walking 200 miles over donkey trails with all my gear on my back On day ten the trek would reach a Himalayan pass at 18000 feet This would be the highest I had ever climbed to in life The challenging mountain pass and the long break would be a tting reward for years of nonstop wo
12、rk My bartender returned with a dusty bottle of Tuborg which he wiped on his black shirt No chiso tato he said apologizing for the beer being at room temperature Then his face lit up Tin minut he said as his spindly legs carried his body recklessly down to the river As I waited the requested three m
13、inutes he plunged the bottle into the icy glacier melt smiled and waved A middle- aged Nepali man at the next table laughed aloud at the boys clever low- tech solution Who needs a refrigerator I asked as a way to start conversation Are all the children in Nepal this clever He replied that the people
14、 here needed to learn to make do because they had so little For example dinner was cooked over a wood re because people lacked luxuries like stoves and ovens The boy returned with a very cold beerand a look of tri- umph Pasupathi appeared to be in his mid- 50s with thick glasses weather- beaten dark pants a Windbreaker and a traditional Nepal- ese topi cloth
