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Bill Gates Interview w/ Spiegel
DaVinciXL writes "Bill Gates just gave the German magazine "Spiegel" an interview which can be read (in English) on the magazine's website. Gates speaks about issues of computer security, competition, software bundling and how he lives with the downsides of his wealth and fame." He does a pretty good job of answering a lot of hard questions.
Why are half of the questions about David Hasselhoff? "What version of Windows does David Hasselhoff use?" "Has Microsoft considered employing David Hasselhoff for ads?"
He does a pretty good job of answering a lot of hard questions.
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Thats quite a brave comment to make on
Oh wait, I'm probably not allowed to mention Microsoft's purchase of OSTG until it's final.
...The enthusiasm about how computers, the Internet, and good software can help people...
Am I the only one bothered by that phrase?
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Am I going to be able to order Windows from my Spiegel catelogue?
Ironically enough, "the devil is the devil" returns only 975 hits. Satan needs a new agent.
For some reason my mind read Smeagol, initially. Talk about being interviewed by your peers.
"Even Linux developers know that there is no miracle cure in Linuxland."
That lovable character GNU/Mouse, the rides like Kernel Mountain! The magestic Torvalds Castle! Oh My! I got the next boat on "Its a small patch after all!"
That quote right there was worth reading the whole crappy article.
-- -=innocent ramblings from the mind of an insomniatic programmer=-
Check out the picture of Gates which accompanies the article:
http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,433427,00.jpg
And the caption:
The world's richest man says not all his wishes have been fulfilled.
I'd strongly suspect that Unfulfilled Wish #1 was to have a good haircut or a flattering photograph taken of him. I've never seen one. Not even in Tiger Beat.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
SPIEGEL: When one puts the sentence "Bill Gates is the devil" into the Internet search engine Google, one gets thousands of hits. Does this bother you?
Gates: Slashdot runs a lot of duplicate stories.
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lol now that you have typed it on slashdot, in a few days "Linus is the devil" will have a result.
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in 3 years will have greater market share than Microsoft.
I used to date a woman who did PR and marketing for MS, so you can imagine we had some in-depth and sometimes heated discussions about MS vs. Linux and Macs.
Well, one day we were going hiking, and she presented me with a really nice backback. The only issue with it was that it had the MS logo emblazoned all over it. Of course, she knew I wouldn't refuse it.
Anyway, she said to me, "Isn't that nice? See? What'd RedHat ever give you for free?"
I replied, "An operating system."
That was one long, quiet hike.
Hmpf. No promotion skills. A better answer would have been, "Yes, but putting it into MSN's new search will get you almost twice as many!"
(Actually true, 726 vs 1,441)
and now "linus is the devil" will have two results. no, three! Augh! now i said it! ooh! i said it again!
filter: +3. Hey, look! all the trolls went away!
wheras "slashdot is the devil" only returns around three results. Clearly the Internet is based on fact...
Vox et praetera nihil
Hitler's reasoning was based on the false assumption that blonde hair and blue eyes are superior
Ah crap, that's false? I guess I can stop dying my hair and wearing contacts now. What a waste.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
There was a pilot flying a small single engine charter plane, with a couple of very important executives on board. He was coming into Seattle airport through thick fog with less than 10m visibility when his instruments went out. So he began circling around looking for landmark. After an hour or so, he starts running pretty low on fuel and the passengers are getting very nervous. Finally, a small opening in the fog appears and he sees a tall building with one guy working alone on the fifth floor. The pilot banks the plane around, rolls down the window and shouts to the guy "Hey! Where am I?" To this, the solitary office worker replies "You're in a plane." The pilot rolls up the window, executes a 275 degree turn and proceeds to execute a perfect blind landing on the runway of the airport 5 miles away. Just as the plane stops, so does the engine as the fuel has run out.
The passengers are amazed and one asks how he did it. "Simple" replies the pilot, "I asked the guy in that building a simple question. The answer he gave me was 100 percent correct but absolutely useless, therefore that must be Microsoft's support office and from there the airport is just a while away."