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Bill Gates Brags About Vista, Reacts to Apple's Latest Ads
fr8_liner writes "In an unusually candid interview with Newsweek Bill Gates lays it all on the line, bragging about the benefits of Vista, ragging on Apple for their 'I'm a Mac' ads, and claiming primacy in a number of features shared by Vista and OSX. Specifically, it is Mr. Gates' opinion that the Apple adverts are misleading if not untruthful. He makes the claim that 'security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally. I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine.' The interview also touches on the future of Microsoft and Operating systems, and some of the company's plans for internet-based computing."
> And then I might edit a high-definition movie
Bill, is that the MPAA on the phone?
the NPG electrode was replaced with carbon blac
'I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine.'
oh don't worry Mr Gates, we will.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
"He makes the claim that 'security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally. I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine.'"
It's almost like virgins talking about sex, I'd question if he actually *uses* his own O/S.
No, see, you're just confused. Hackers don't find one exploit in Windows every week. They find 4 the day after Patch Tuesday, then take the rest of the month off.
[Bill] Gates [responded to] questions in an [unusually] candid [interview]. For [some reason] most [of] his [words] were [interjected] by the editor. This [seemed] somewhat [odd and] excessive [to me]. Did [anyone else] notice [this]? [I] mean, a[n occasional] edit for [clarity] is pretty [normal], but it [seemed] like [every other] word was [inserted later].
Check out this part of TFA:
Is this a joke? It sure [is weird] to read an [article that] has so [many freaking] edits. I wonder [if Bill] was swearing [like a] sailor throughout [the] whole interview, and they [had to] clean [up] his potty mouth?
Gray. Seattle thinks the rest of the world is insane for insisting that the sky is blue.
Which also means physical access to the machine.
Hell, I can just yell "Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all" and hose a Vista machine.
if you steal from one source, that is plagiarism, if you steal from many, well, that's just research.
They should make an "I'm Linux" commercial.
They should cast John Roberts, the guy in the enzyte commercials, for windows, and Ellen Feiss for mac.
As for who would play linux? I'm thinking a /. poll for that...
New Poll: Who plays "Linux" in the commercial?
- The Geico Lizard
- Scarlett Johansson
- Jonny Lee Miller aka Zero Cool
- Carrie-Anne Moss
- CowboyNeal
This statement is borderline libelous. Just the facts, please. Well, in a lawyer-logic kinda way, he's right. Apple has done NONE of the exact things Microsoft has done to their OS.
Like, if Microsoft fixes a flaw in their security that doesn't exist on a Mac, then obviously Apple has not, nor will it ever take that step. Can't you see how risky it is to pick a Mac, which didn't benefit from years and years of exploit expertise?
Would you want to risk getting infected on a machine without any known exploits? You should really pick the one with a lot of known exploits... better go with the devil you know!
[end lawyer logic]
I'd rather pick the one where holes are patched before they're exploited, but that's just me.
You can't take the sky from me...
I tried, unfortunately he did not make it through surgery. He did give me his peripherals, though.
Mind you, that's after all of the denial, anger, bargaining and depression.
In that case, XP and Vista are pretty secure. It's those third party apps like Outlook and Internet Explorer which are the issue.
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I am. but it is still funny ;)
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