JMH said:
Just before retiring from day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft in 2008, Chairman Bill Gates said that he expected Microsoft’s 22 Technical Fellows to get a lot more publicly visible — now that they wouldn’t be living in his shadow. While some of the Microsoft fellows already have been active on the public-speaking circuit, many of them are not widely known outside the company.
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Microsoft Big Brains: Butler Lampson | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com
This is like Intel's commercials featuring folks like Ajay Bhatt. Interesting; thanks for sharing.