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Bill Gates Brags About Vista, Reacts to Apple's Latest Ads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-bill dept.

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."

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  1. ring ring by HomelessInLaJolla · · Score: 5, Funny

    > And then I might edit a high-definition movie

    Bill, is that the MPAA on the phone?

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    1. Re:ring ring by GuyverDH · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, he probably wouldn't get it.

      He probably has 20 or 30 HD Camcorders lying around unused, and thought, hey - I can edit HD movies.

      I really don't want to know what's on those tapes. You shouldn't either.

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    2. Re:ring ring by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 5, Funny

      I really don't want to know what's on those tapes.

      If we're talking typical nerd sexual activity, it'll be hours and hours of Melinda saying "no".

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  2. Truth or Dare? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    'I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine.'

    oh don't worry Mr Gates, we will.

    1. Re:Truth or Dare? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      I think Gates meant:

      I dare anybody to do that only once a month on the Windows machine.
    2. Re:Truth or Dare? by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

      It wasn't a double-dog dare, so he's not serious.

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    3. Re:Truth or Dare? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

      Care you cite some examples?

      Sure. No problem. Will this one work for you?

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    4. Re:Truth or Dare? by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, see, he's being very precise here. When he says "I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine", he means no less than once a month, and no more than once a month. Indeed, this is a great challenge.

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  3. 4 TEH WIN! by operagost · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.
    Looks like he lost his temper (and his sense) again. His personality's a lot like Ballmer's, he just can't fling chairs as far.
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    1. Re:4 TEH WIN! by Chyeld · · Score: 5, Funny

      Looks like he lost his temper (and his sense) again. His personality's a lot like Ballmer's, he just can't fling chairs as far.

      What many people do not realize is that Ballmer is actually a costume for Gates, who wears it when he feels he is exceptionally out of control. Any time you see the two of them together, Ballmer or Gates is actually a puppet designed by the Henson Co.

      Jim Henson actually was assassinated when he threatened to reveal these secrets. True story.

  4. WTF by n1hilist · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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.

  5. Re:Too easy... by TheRealFixer · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  6. Bracket attack by honkycat · · Score: 5, Funny

    [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].

    1. Re:Bracket attack by Divebus · · Score: 5, Funny

      Steven Levy needed to fill in the dead spaces in Bill's output - like this:

      Yes, although security is a [The process could not access the file because it is being used by another process]. You're [Overflow at 0x0b26f033: WKSSVC.DLL has stopped responding.] the fact that there have been some security updates already for Windows Vista. This is exactly the way it should work. When somebody comes to us [A Runtime Error has occured. Would you like to debug? Line: 29 Error: Object Expected] we've got [The Program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down] before there is any exploit.

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  7. What's with all the [edits]? by Lazerf4rt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Check out this part of TFA:

    Yes, although security is a [complicated concept]. You're [referring to] the fact that there have been some security updates already for Windows Vista. This is exactly the way it should work. When somebody comes to us [after discovering a vulnerability] we've got [a fix] before there is any exploit. So it's totally according to plan, and that's why we have the whole Windows Update thing. We made it way harder for guys to do exploits. The number [of violations] will be way less because we've done some dramatic things [to improve security] in the code base. Apple hasn't done any of those things.

    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?

  8. Re:Earth calling Bill by drawfour · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gray. Seattle thinks the rest of the world is insane for insisting that the sky is blue.

  9. Re:upgrading by mkiwi · · Score: 5, Funny
    Let's see you run Vista on a 7-year-old Dell.

    I tried, unfortunately he did not make it through surgery. He did give me his peripherals, though.

  10. Re:Well, of course he's saying that. by Trillan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought he played with some code, made a mess out of it, bought someone else's code, then licensed yet another third party to replace his original attempt at coding? But he did pick the box color.
  11. Re:Well, of course he's saying that. by nsayer · · Score: 5, Funny
    sober realization and acceptance

    Mind you, that's after all of the denial, anger, bargaining and depression.

  12. Re:PC: Why must you say these hurtful things, Mac? by bberens · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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