A Real Bill Gates Rant

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 23, 2009 @02:08AM from the well-that's-not-so-bad dept.

lou ibmix XI submitted an email written by Bill Gates a few years ago and turned over to the feds as part of the government's antitrust case. Great quotes like 'Someone decided to trash the one part of Windows that was usable?' and 'The lack of attention to usability represented by these experiences blows my mind.' We like to think of him as an abstract, but I think this is interesting stuff. Also, this might seem familiar. Oops.

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Re:I don't get it by QCompson · 2009-02-23 02:15 · Score: 4, Funny

I don't understand all the hate for Bill.
Stay off my lawn.
Re:Massive Dupe by Sockatume · 2009-02-23 02:23 · Score: 5, Funny

No, no, this is deliberate. After posting a story which wasn't really news for nerds, they decided to post a story which is for nerds, but isn't actually news. They're giving up errors for lent and are trying to get them all out of their system first.

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it's actually a fantasy game! by Dekortage · 2009-02-23 02:24 · Score: 4, Funny

FTA: "In fact it is more like a puzzle that you get to solve. It told me to go to Windows Update and do a bunch of incantations."
Finally, someone at Microsoft admits that you have to use magic to make Windows work right... I would comment more, but I am on my way to my daily Ballmer goat and bull sacrifice.

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1. Re:it's actually a fantasy game! by Scrameustache · 2009-02-23 02:41 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  FTA: I would comment more, but I am on my way to my daily Ballmer goat and bull sacrifice.
  Ah yes, where you let a live goat or bull into the Ballmer enclosure at feeding time.
  Because Ballmer doesn't want to be fed... he wants to hunt!
  
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2. Re:it's actually a fantasy game! by Bryansix · 2009-02-23 03:59 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Does he hunt with a chair?
Carter Pewterschmidt by Red4man · 2009-02-23 02:28 · Score: 5, Funny

"Hey Bill, can you help me program my Zune? Ha ha ha, I'm kiiding, I have an iPod like the rest of the planet."

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Re:gust? by PenguSven · 2009-02-23 02:56 · Score: 3, Funny

You don't vote huh? Sounds too much like hard work huh? Besides, why bother, the last guy you cunts elected has REALLY been great for the world. Spell check is intended to pick up mistakes. Unfortunately it can't deal with the mistake in your case, because YOU are the mistake.

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Re:thanks but I need more than a lower case j by xerxesVII · 2009-02-23 03:01 · Score: 4, Funny

Oh, great. So you're reproducing.
Thanks.

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Re:Abstract by eln · 2009-02-23 03:25 · Score: 5, Funny

You know, composed of a lot of straight lines and sharp angles, both eyes on the same side of his head, lots of colors everywhere, that sort of thing.
Re:I don't get it by aero6dof · 2009-02-23 03:25 · Score: 5, Funny

The vision at Microsoft has always been to try and reduce complexity.
Surely you jest.
Re:I don't get it by theaceoffire · 2009-02-23 05:16 · Score: 5, Funny

The vision at Microsoft has always been to try and reduce complexity.
Surely you jest.
I am quite serious, and stop calling me Shirley.

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Re:Massive Dupe by hardburn · 2009-02-23 06:23 · Score: 3, Funny

Connecting to the SMTP port directly and writing ASCII in base 13 is better than Outlook.

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Re:I know it's a dupe, but... by fastest+fascist · 2009-02-23 07:20 · Score: 4, Funny

It is said that realizing there is an issue is the first step to resolving it :)
It is also the first step to ignoring it.
Re:I don't get it by AliasMarlowe · 2009-02-23 08:35 · Score: 3, Funny

The vision at Microsoft has always been to try and reduce complexity.
Alas, their hallucination has morphed into a very bad trip indeed.

The quote about "we didn't realise people would try and download it from the downloads page" is a classic example.
Who the hell mixed PCP into their acid?

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