Trying to keep a desktop monopoly where he still has some control.
Gates warns of return to Internet bubble era
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| Bill Gates, the co- founder of Microsoft, warned Thursday against
| the rush to new Web-based software services, likening the frenzy to
| the days of the 1990s Internet bubble...."There are a hundred
| YouTube sites out there," Gates said during an interview with a
| group of journalists in Brussels before a speech to European
| lawmakers....Although he did not mention the subjects in detail
| during his speech, Microsoft executives distributed a series of
| position papers during his visit calling for progress on a unified
| European patent system, support for a proposed European Technology
| Institute, and increased funding of research and development in
| European countries.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/09/yourmoney/msft.php
Related:
MSN Still Going Nowhere Fast
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| It is worth noting that Microsoft still hasn't made any headway
| in the search-and-portal game and, in fact, is falling farther andf
| arther behind. As a result, it is not surprising that Steve Ballmer
| is now warning media companies that Google is the Evil Empire --
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| because no other competitive tactic has worked.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061116/20767_id.html?.v=1
FUD, FUD, FUD.
FUD'ing Google, FUD'ing Web application.
Most recent market share figures suggest that it's going nowhere:
Google, Ask Gain Search Share; Yahoo, Microsoft Lose Ground
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| Thursday afternoon reported that Google increased its share of
| U.S. search queries in September to 45.1%, up from 44.1% in
| August and 43.7% in July.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061020/18896_id.html?.v=1
Also see:
Sources: Several Windows Live Projects Halted
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| Microsoft's Windows Live desktop search project has been
| shelved "indefinitely," although not much reasoning has been
| given as to the reason for its demise.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Sources_Several_Windows_Live_Projects_Halted/1163715423
This is suicide because...
Ozzie: Vista, Office must adapt to Web era
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| Ozzie said that the transition to integrate online services into Microsoft
| products has been a challenge but that changes within the company are
| happening.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6133895.html
Will Web 2.0 ultimately kill Windows?
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| Allchin shared his thoughts on Windows Live (which, along with Windows and
| developer tools also falls under his organization); competition with Google
| and Apple; and why a client-based version of Windows won?t ever completely
| disappear, regardless of how successful Web services become.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=66
Worth mentioning:
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| In order to use Microsoft Office Live, you will need to have
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later running on Microsoft Windows
| 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Microsoft Windows Server 2003. You
| can download the latest version of Internet Explorer from the Microsoft
| Download Center.
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http://home.membercenter.office.microsoft.com/Misc/CompatibleShell.aspx?linkId=UnsupportedBrowser
Previous related posts:
Internet? We are not interested in it" -- Bill Gates, 1993
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Bill_Gates
Today:
Gates: Internet Bubble Is Back
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| "We're back kind of in Internet-bubble era in terms of people
| thinking: 'O.K., traffic. We want traffic. We want traffic,'"
| Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said. "There are still some areas
| where it is unclear what's going to come out of that."
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/OXeSW60uKg5mvA/Gates-Internet-Bubble-Is-Back.xhtml
Sour grapes, of course.
Ozzie: Vista, Office must adapt to Web era
,----[ Quote ]
| Ozzie said that the transition to integrate online services into Microsoft
| products has been a challenge but that changes within the company are
| happening.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6133895.html
Also today:
Gates heralds the next revolution
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| 'I'm just sitting here, pulling up the information, showing
| it to people, and there's no paperwork, there's no old information,'
| enthused Gates.
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Other glorious predictions from the indisputable oracle:
TV will be shut in 10 years, says Bill Gates
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| Television as we know it today will become obsolete in the
| next 10 years, said Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
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http://bink.nu/Article8798.bink
The End of Auto Accidents?
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| According to Bill Gates, there will be no more car
| accidents within 10 years. This is a direct statement
| from the software giant himself.
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http://internetbusinessdaily.net/?p=29
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060316/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_gates
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| Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates sketched out a vision for the future
| Wednesday in which a cell phone will become a "digital wallet," able
| to receive e-mail and even scan business cards, while computers and
| TVs will merge.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060316/tc_nm/microsoft_gates_dc
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| Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates on Wednesday mocked a
| $100 laptop computer for developing countries being developed with the
| backing of rival Google Inc. at the Massachusetts Institute of
| Technology.
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Here are some from [H]omer:
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| I'm still waiting for his "eradicate spam" prediction to come true:
|
| http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/24/gates_spam_death_prediction/
| http://cavemanog.livejournal.com/29316.html
|
| Then there's this corker; "he also predicted that Microsoft search
| technology would soon outpace that of its rival":
|
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3426367.stm
|
| Or the classic "640K ought to be enough for anybody.", although he
| denies saying it:
|
| http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Gates
|
| From that same page, I was delighted to discover that one of my
| favourite authors (Douglas Adams) shares my opinion of Gates:
|
| "The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour
| to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly
| ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate
| technology, led them into it in the first place."
|
| Maybe someone as clueless as Gates should just stop making
| predictions, but then he doesn't always get it wrong:
|
| "What is holding things back right now is software," Mr Gates said.
|
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3426367.stm
|
| He got that right.
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Another older post:
The two sides of Bill Gates
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| There were two Bill Gateses on stage Wednesday at Stanford
| University: the philanthropist, and the hypercompetitive
| Microsoft co-founder and chairman.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-6135997.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Those who think that the Gates Foundation is independent from Microsoft's
interests should think twice.
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| However, the Gates Buffet foundation grant is nothing more than a shell
| game in which control of assets for both Gates and Buffet remain the same.
|
| THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH BY THESE TWO WILL BE
| MUCH MORE MASSIVE BECAUSE THEY WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY ANY TAXES.
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http://www.mail-archive.com/futurework@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg03323.html
Bill Gates lends cash to buy newspapers
$350 million to MediaNews
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| Gates involvement has been very behind the scenes. In fact many of
| those involved in the deal didn'teven know he was one of the investors.
| It was carried out through the Gates Foundation, the world's largest
| philanthropy outfit.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33849
Microsoft offers South Africa cheap internet connections
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| The big idea is to provide affordable options for consumers who
| purchase Internet connectivity and a personal computer running
| Microsoft's Windows starter edition software.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32967
Corporate Propaganda Still On the News: Study Finds Local Stations
Overwhelmingly Fail to Disclose VNRs
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| A new study by the Center for Media and Democracy says Americans are
| still being shown corporate public relations videos disguised as news
| reports on newscasts across the country.
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/14/1518200
Wrong Yesterday Wrong Today Wrong Tomorrow
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| I just got through watching a segment on the Today Show on NBC
| highlighting the launch of the Microsoft Zune.
|
| First of all, I thought journalists were suppose to reveal their
| affiliations with any product if such an affiliation exists.
| Microsoft owns a stake in NBC ie MSNBC News Network.
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http://fixyourthinking.com/2006/11/wrong-yesterday-wrong-today-wrong.html
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