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Re: a look back at Gates' pearls of wisdom

  • Subject: Re: a look back at Gates' pearls of wisdom
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:42:12 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [ Jim ] on Monday 26 June 2006 14:16 \__

> doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> "In the future we'll see even more convergence, and it will be hard to
>> say what is and what isn't internet-based," Oct 2005
>> 
>> "the protection scheme under Blu-ray is very anti-consumer ..
>> .. and it won't work well on PCs .." Oct 2005
>> 
>> http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/10/14/news/13474.shtml
>> 
>> "I feel very good about the progress we've made on spam, but we've got
>> about a year's more work,"
>> 
>> "We'll be judged by our track record."
>> 
>> "Internet Explorer is going to be the primary browser used on Windows,
>> and anyone who suggests otherwise is just irresponsible." Nov 2004
>> 
>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6314523/site/newsweek/
>> 
>> "Two years from now, spam will be solved" Bill Gates Jan 2004
>> 
>> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/24/tech/main595595.shtml
>> 
>> "What you need is one remote control that lets you do all of these
>> things, and that hasn't come out of consumer electronics .."
>> 
>> "Media Center is just like what we've done with the PC itself--it's
>> open. Anybody can make the peripherals" Jan 2004
>> 
>> http://www.onekit.com/store/review/133.html
>> 
>>  "In a purely theoretical world, one could imagine developing modest
>> software programs in such a way that any module could be swapped out in
>> favor of a similar module developed by a third party" April 2002
>> 
>> http://www.politechbot.com/docs/gates.testimony.042202.pdf
>> 
>> "People misunderstand that. We managed our relationship with IBM
>> because we managed to surprise them again and again with how quickly we
>> were able to do new things."  Aug 2001
>> 
>> http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/gatesivu.htm
>> 
>> "I doubt they will be able to clone Windows. It is very difficult to do
>> technically, we have made it a moving target and we have some visual
>> copyright and patent protection.." May 18, 1989
>> 
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/05/03/more_gates_smoking_emails_support/
>> 
> 
> rofl... filed under "when I want a laugh"

*LOL* I'll submit that original post to Digg (Google Groups as the gateway).

Version 3 of Digg came live just half an hour ago. You've got to see it...

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