I applaud the graduates today for taking a much more direct route to your degrees. For my part, I'm just happy that the Crimson has called me "Harvard's most successful dropout." ... But I also want to be recognised as the guy who got Steve Ballmer to drop out of business school. I'm a bad influence. That's why I was invited to speak at your graduation. If I had spoken at your orientation, fewer of you might be here today. [Transcript of Harvard commencement speech by Microsoft's Bill Gates, published by Sydney Morning Herald]
'I'm a bad influence'
7:34 AM on Tue Jun 12 2007
By Nick Denton
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I applaud the graduates today for taking a much more direct route to your degrees. For my part, I'm just happy that the Crimson has called me "Harvard's most successful dropout." ... But I also want to be recognised as the guy who got Steve Ballmer to drop out of business school. I'm a bad influence. That's why I was invited to speak at your graduation. If I had spoken at your orientation, fewer of you might be here today. [Transcript of Harvard commencement speech by Microsoft's Bill Gates, published by 

