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Gates Admits Stripped Down Windows Possible

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-of-course-it-is dept.

ChristTrekker writes "The Financial Times reports that Bill Gates admitted a stripped-down Windows is possible after all." This kinda contradicts a lot of other stuff he's been saying. There's a few bits in the article worth a read.

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  1. Scanning error by HiQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was scanning the article quickly, and read this: bank cash machines. I swear that I saw an 'r' somewhere in that sentence!

  2. News flash... by pb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft *can* manufacture a stripped-down version of Windows without all the unnecessary bells and whistles.

    This new product is called 'DOS'.

    ;)

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  3. WHAT??? Gates lied???? by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's impossible... the rich never lie.

    He was only mistaken 2 years ago...
    He was confused with all the technology talk...
    He didn't understand the judge's Dialect...
    He couldn't hear correctly as he was overly upset hearing about a possible bug in windows...
    He couldnt sleep the night before worried that he was overpricing windows and wasn't thinking clearly..
    He spend the night before helping homeless children learn linux, so he didnt think clearly...

    I can make up tons of other excuses for him...
    I am sure that Billy only has our best interests in mind.. he makes his products only for the good of all humanity...

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  4. On-topic political cartoon (Tom Toles) by madro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sums it up nicely:
    In the courtroom at the stand ...
    Gates: The proposed restrictions are too severe!
    Gates: If they're imposed, I bet we'll have to stop selling Windows altogether!
    Judge (banging gavel): Order in the court.
    Judge: Everybody put your money away. I don't think Mr. Gates was literally offering that bet.
    (Standard Tom Toles Small Print -- Gates: You can't give our competitors our most valuable asset ... an unfair advantage.)

  5. Re:Funding??! by gosand · · Score: 5, Funny
    It is enough to buy the entire airline industry -- twice. Or all the gold in Fort Knox, four times over. It is enough to buy 23 space shuttles or every major professional baseball, basketball, football and hockey team in America. It is an enviable stash.

    ...or enough to buy one team of lawyers. :-)

    I guess we'll have to wait and see if it is enough to buy a government.

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  6. Re:So there was ever some doubt? by clontzman · · Score: 4, Funny

    But of course, you could still replace your liver with a bag of CornNuts, thus making it a 1:1 swap. In theory.

  7. Re:Funding??! by Paul+Komarek · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the answer is already in: it is enough to buy one federal governmnent and several state governments. However, they seem to have come up short with the remaining state governments. Considering the mailed-in results, they came up short when buying citizen's, too, only being able to purchase 1/3 of them outright. ;-)

    -Paul Komarek