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Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-wouldn't-like-him-when-he's-angry dept.

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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  1. It's a FAAAAAAAAKE! by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: -1, Redundant
    (with apologies to Senator Vreenak) This is an obvious fake...it's not like Bill Gates at all. It sounds just like one of those email chain letters that the Ph.D's at my mom's job are always sending her. Bill Gates has a much more...precise way of talking. Look at all the pointless bitching, it sounds just like a stream-of-conciousness rant by some random internet idiot posting on a forum.

    Shame on every news outlet that picked this up, including Slashdot. It looks like all that has to happen is some borderline internet site posts something, and the next thing you know, it's on AP and Reuters. I've seen it more than once, and it seems that retractions never make it in the same way.

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    Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
  2. Re:Then STOP releasing the product! by MrPink2U · · Score: 0, Redundant

    First, I am not sure that email is really by Gates this
  3. It's obviously fake... by Aaron32 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It looks like a high school kid wrote it, or CEO (they're about the same). Bill Gates certainly should understand how microsoft.com works and how to navigate it.

    He says that the file path to a profile is confusing; Hello! It's been around forever! The style is obviously written by someone who isn't technical at all and appears to get confused by technology. The writer is bashing multiple Microsoft products.

    We'll find in a few hours that it's a fake letter and everyone who bought into it will have egg on their face.