Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft

s31523 writes "All of us have one time or another been completely frustrated by certain Windows usability issues, and in many cases our experiences have driven us over to Linux, or kept us there. For anyone that has ever been frustrated, you will be happy to know you aren't the only one. After reading this leaked Microsoft memo from Bill Gates back in 2003, you will surely have more insight into why Vista is a complete disaster due to Microsoft not learning anything from their experiences from XP."

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He didn't say to not sell it

[192939495969798999]

q: How do you make a billion dollars?

a: no matter who complains about how crappy the new version of your product is, force its purchase onto your captive audience anyhow. Yay!

Gates, you have to do this differently

[Simon (S2)]

I tried scoping to Media stuff. Still no moviemaker. I typed in movie. Nothing. I typed in movie maker. Nothing. It does not work like that. You have to google moviemaker download. There you go. First hit :)

Another rant by Microsoft-hater, who cares?

[Anonymous Coward]

This billg guy is a known troll that bashes Windows at every opportunity. Remember him showing off Windows 95 and publicly making it bluescreen in front of an audience?

Re:Then STOP releasing the product!

[cptnapalm]

"What is a totem and WTF does it have to do with playing media?"

What's a Google?
What's a Yahoo!?
What's a WinAmp?
What's a Slashdot?
What's a Firefox?
What's an eBay?
What's a NewEgg?
What's a Lightwave?
What's a Nero?
What's an Outlook Express?
What's a Visual Studio?
What's an AutoCAD?

With names like these, no one will ever use them.

Re:I thought this was a joke until I read this par

[mbone]

Or anything else that you can wedge between those two parts and still have it make some kind of sense.

This could go in Mad Magazine - they do a feature like this regularly. Here are some more choices (pick one from each)

There's not a day that I don't send a piece of e-mail

[after I've smoked 5 joints | praising Satan | from my Mac Book | blasting the idiots who work for me | bidding on a small island nation | trying to destroy slashdot ]

but

[only an idiot would think I wrote something | I've never been stoned enough to write anything | the PI reporter must have been really blasted to make up dreck | only my evil twin writes | Steve Jobs was in my office and sent out a bunch of stuff]

like that piece of e-mail.

If it's really him...

[EastCoastSurfer]

then this is the one of the best lines ever!

So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated.

Real. Life. Dilbert.

Re:Then STOP releasing the product!

[EMH_Mark3]

Either that or it injects music into your eyeballs.

Re:Then STOP releasing the product!

[D Ninja]

Ooo...this is too much fun...

What's a Google? A whole freaken ton of answers. With advertising!

What's a Yahoo!? What you scream when you've just won the lottery.

What's a WinAmp? A speaker system facing out of a college dorm window.

What's a Slashdot? A fancy name for a DDOS attack.

What's a Firefox? A fox that got caught in the hen house and paid for it.

What's an eBay? Where eShips pull into the ePort.

What's a NewEgg? One that has been recently laid. (Duh?)

What's a Lightwave? Something that travels faster than a Soundwave.

What's a Nero? Nemo's long lost brother.

What's an Outlook Express? The biggest POS ever.

What's a Visual Studio? A room with "LIVE CAMERA WEB FEEDS!"

What's an AutoCAD? The instant response to a blue screen in Windows. (Auto Ctrl+Alt+Del)

Thank you! I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

Re:Then STOP releasing the product!

[Reckless Visionary]

The fact that programs HAVE dependencies with other programs is the whole point of Free Software. I'd love to capture all the phrases that end with "is the whole point of Free Software" and have all the authors battle it out. Now that would fun.