Gates: Microsoft to go its own way

Gates also said that Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $3 million for emergency relief efforts in Myanmar and will provide software to help reunite family members separated in the cyclone.

The funds were transferred to the aid agencies Mercy Corps, World Vision and Care "so they can go in there and help as quickly as possible," he said.

Gates was in Indonesia to meet with government leaders, including President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, at The Government Leaders Forum.

After heading Microsoft for more than three decades, Gates is expected to devote most of his time toward his philanthropic foundation starting in July. He will remain the company's chairman.

"I will still get to work on software, but I will be working more on the global health issues and global development issues," he said.

By spending about $3 billion every year, the Gates Foundation hopes to reduce the millions of deaths caused by malaria and HIV Aids, provide universal Internet access and encourage social corporate responsibility.