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A Real Bill Gates Rant

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Re:gust? by JoshDmetro · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Actually I don't vote and blame it on the spell-checker...really whats it there for anyway if it does not check spelling. Also triple dot dot dot it not the proper way to end a sentence mr english major...

  2. Re:Since CEO performance is in the news... by Cowmonaut · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why is this guy modded troll? He's quoting what Bill Gates himself said (and was included in the submission over half a year ago) and then the point he makes is completely valid. Either Bill Gates was bad at his job (e.g. making things better by sending out e-mails like that) or the people working on Windows completely ignored all the complaints and negative feedback (which should be obvious, even to Windows fanboys which I typically get labeled as).

    I'd fix it but I used my last mod points the other day. =/

  3. Re:Massive Dupe by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "I love NOLA as well. Had a client schedule a meeting for 10:30 tomorrow. Told him "I'm going to be drunk by then"."

    I hear ya!!

    Happy Mardi Gras!!

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