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BBC Bill Gates Interview Part 2: Security

Posted by timothy on from the these-are-not-the-holes-you're-looking-for dept.

securitas writes "In the second of two parts, the BBC's Stephen Cole of the technology show Click Online interviews Bill Gates about Windows, viruses, security, spam, 'trustworthy computing', Longhorn and being anti-competitive. Sample quote: 'Certainly you can never underestimate the level of malicious people out there who are going to try to take advantage of whatever things there are. That's why we made trustworthy computing the top priority.' Streaming media in Real format is also available. [Video: Broadband | Narrowband] You can read the first half about the 'digital lifestyle' in Part 1: Bill Gates plots a Windows future. Here is the Slashdot discussion of the first part of the interview."

11 of 289 comments (clear)

  1. It takes one to know one! by smccto · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Certainly you can never underestimate the level of malicious people out there"

    And he can?

    It takes one to know one!

  2. Security? Ha! by mboverload · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bill Gates talking about secuity is like the corner whore talking about the evils of premarital sex.

    1. Re:Security? Ha! by Scoria · · Score: 4, Funny

      Bill Gates talking about secuity is like the corner whore talking about the evils of premarital sex.

      I suppose that Linux users really are virgins, then. :-)

      --
      Do you like German cars?
    2. Re:Security? Ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Bill Gates talking about secuity is like the corner whore talking about the evils of premarital sex.

      Maybe he found Jesus. It happens. As for Bill Gates finding premarital booty, well, I just can't envision that.

  3. Fixed by kai.chan · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Certainly you can never underestimate children out there who can easily take advantage of the big flaws in our code."

  4. Good quote about Microsoft by millwall · · Score: 4, Funny

    I like the way he sums up the Microsoft corporation and it's company culture:

    "Certainly you can never underestimate the level of malicious people out there who are going to try to take advantage of whatever things there are."

  5. Do we even need interviews ? by jaiyen · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought we could get everything we needed to know just from analysing his doodles!

  6. advertising your weakness by rich42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ford: 'Quality is Job 1' Qwest: 'The Spirit of Service' Microsoft: 'trustworthy computing'

  7. Anything I want. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Longhorn is a super important release for us because it takes all the feedback we've received from users over a number of years and lets us do something dramatic to address anything they want.
    Finally comes preinstalled with porn! That should save some time.
  8. [tt]:BBC Bill Gates Interview Part 2: Security by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Funny
    That longhorn "incorporates all the users desires" ...
    What - free porn?

    Both Bill Gates and drug dealers

    1. call their customers "users".
    2. lie, telling their customers "it's safe, it's good, you'll LIKE it"
    3. resort to strong-arm pressure tactics when their monopolies are in danger
    4. make obscene profits
    5. have no concern about bending a few laws
  9. Re:Even better by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Bill Gates talking about security? Thats like John Ascroft talking about his assistant's rack.

    I'm confused by your analogy. Do you mean that Ashcroft initially ignored his assistant's rack, and now, after realizing that everybody else thinks it's important, is feverishly and unsuccessfully trying to enhance it?