關於孩子退學創業和Bill Gates的媽

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Maxwell_Gates

The obituary of Mary Gates in The New York Times on 11 June 1994 was headlined Mary Gates, 64; Helped Her Son Start Microsoft, and reported that, She was ... appointed to the board of the United Way of America; in 1983, she became the first woman to lead it. Right Time, Right Place.

Her tenure on the national board\'s executive committee is believed to have helped Microsoft, based in Seattle, at a crucial time. In 1980, she discussed with John Opel, a fellow committee member who was the chairman of the International Business Machines Corporation, her son\'s company. Mr. Opel, by some accounts, mentioned Mrs. Gates to other I.B.M. executives. A few weeks later, I.B.M. took a chance by hiring Microsoft, then a small software firm, to develop an operating system for its first personal computer.

事實就是Bill Gates屬於美國特色的太子黨，老媽是超級慈善機構United Way的董事。同一董事會裏還有IBM的高管，於是一翻私下交易後，IBM雇傭了微軟開開發IBM PC的操作係統。

鼓吹讓孩子大學一年紀退學去創業的那位，成功必須有2個因素：
（1）你孩子是Bill Gates, Michael Dell之類人才；
（2）你或者你老婆是Gates他媽那地位。

如果符合（1）而沒（2），你孩子留在學校說不定能拿諾貝爾獎，或者以後領導聯幫儲蓄銀行。

如果符合（2）而沒（1），你孩子留在學校說不定能做美國總統。