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The Final CES Keynote From Bill Gates

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the won't-be-the-same-without-him dept.

Sunday evening saw the final CES keynote delivered by Bill Gates in his current role with the Microsoft corporation. Speculation about big announcements generally seemed to be for naught, as his last address at the show focused more on broad concepts than blockbuster news. "Gates outlined three major themes for the second digital decade-high definition displays with 3D experiences and high quality video and audio, connected services and the power of natural interfaces. Gates had a vision early of those themes, but his quest to make the Tablet PC, Media Center PCs and natural interfaces, such as speech and touch, more mainstream has not been realized." A full description of the talk, including his Guitar Hero finale with Slash, is available in Engadget's liveblog of the event.

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  1. Is it any wonder Gates is stepping down? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gates knows he can't win. Vista is a huge flop and could spell the end of Microsoft's dominance. It's game over, as far as BillG is concerned. Watch in the next few years and Microsoft's prominence and influence in the industry begins to dwindle. Just remember, you read it here first on Slashdot.

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  2. Re:Silverlight? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    At least you have the option. There is no Linux x86_64 port of Silverlight apparently... :-) not that I would download it even if there were ... Not that I cared much to see his bullshit CES speech.

    It was bad enough when websites were driven by flash, but now that there is another flash vendor in town I predict stupidity abound.

  3. fuck microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    IMO, get ready to salute this guy, you can bet he's going to be elected somehow, people who get money go to power, one nation under microsoft, hail satan

  4. My sincere hope. by Yaztromo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sunday evening saw the final CES keynote delivered by Bill Gates in his current role with the Microsoft corporation.

    I sure hope the door didn't hit him on the ass on the way out.

    Yaz.

  5. Re:Give Bill a break by cromar · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...acknowledge what Bill has done for Tech...

    Oh, I do, I do. What a horrible world it would be with no Windows or DOS. Why... we'd all be using Macs and Linux and other OSs that don't crap their pants every 10 minutes. *Gasp* Oh the humanity!