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How Microsoft Has Changed Without Bill Gates

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the borg-icon-still-stands dept.

mightysquirrel writes "It's been a year since Bill Gates left Microsoft in his official capacity. At the time many speculated his departure would spark a significant shift in Redmond. But how much has really changed during Microsoft's first year without Gates?"

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  1. Not much... by Ringthane · · Score: 5, Funny

    Judging by the pricing of Windows 7 Ultimate, it's business as usual at Microsoft.

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  2. Furniture positions? by Skiron · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess a few chairs have been moved around a bit...

  3. Re:No Mention of Bing or Natal? by VGPowerlord · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bing is just a rename of MSN Search or Live Search or whatever it was called before. Microsoft products have gone through name changes just for the sake of it under BG too.

    No they haven't! Now, stop distracting me; I'm trying to finish this month's budget in Multiplan!

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  4. Re:How soon we forget by dmarcov · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't. My first computer was a 8-bit machine.

    My first computer didn't even have 8-bits. It had 2, but you couldn't use both at the same time. You had to go up 7 floors to get the other bit and then swap them out.

  5. Re:How soon we forget by Thing+1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    OT: I think your sig would be a lot more amusing if the lines were swapped. :)

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  6. Re:How soon we forget by jcr · · Score: 3, Funny

    I use Keynote. It saved my life. If I'd had to do one more WWDC presentation with Powerpoint, I'd have shot myself.

    -jcr

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