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1. guest32
   Member

   As we know, the software King is leaving this friday :( http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5246378&page=1 http://news.google.com/nwshp?tab=wn&ned=us&ncl=1223892690&hl=en&topic=t . It all started with a small company, not even a small company, a group of people led by Bill Gates. Now we know it as Microsoft, and Bill Gates has been holding it up since 1975. Since now he didn't seem to do a good job, considering the fact that there's been a lot of criticisms for it's new operating systems and other software such as IE, and the fact that lots of people had given up on it. Now he's leaving and we don't know how Microsoft will do without him. So I wish him good luck, and I wonder what he's going to do next.

   sorry for my bad grammar.

   Posted 2 months ago #

2. copmom
   Member

   It's not so much that he did a bad job, it seems the people he put in charge botched things up with their new operating systems. At least he's leaving as a very rich man.

   Posted 2 months ago #

3. RunesageMagik
   Member

   guest32, I don't believe Billie has personally written any code since Win3.1 was just a twinkle in his eye. Here are some predictions from the Magic 8 ball -

   a) Billie Behemoth will never suffer sticker shock at the gas pump

   b) As if building his famous House of Conspicuous Consumption wasn't enough to suggest delusions of grandeur, Billie apparently plans to distribute a large portion of his est. $58 billion (accumulated via business tactics most earlier US robber barons could have only dreamed of) to the endless supply of have nots in 3rd world countries rather than, say, dramatically helping rebuild America's rapidly crumbling education and health care systems through innovative technological investment. For this, he'll be a strong contender for the coveted Nobel Prize for Futile Gestures... and get a shiny medal.

   c) In a desperate bid to raise share price, Microsoft's executives will launch an ambitious though crass marketing program - selling ad banners to fill all the narrow blank spaces at the tops of each IE9 browser window as well as on the opening/closing OS splash screens. Animated scroll bars hawking everything from toothbrushes to absolut vodka are also a possiblity.

   d) The GAOTD sticky for Future Giveaways will be inundated with requests for a free pop up blocker to stop the aforementioned intrusive ad blitz.

   Posted 2 months ago #

4. suzzyqz
   Member

   Well said RunesageMagik!

   Posted 2 months ago #

5. mikerb
   Member

   Did Billy The Geek ever write any code? thought he just "borrowed" dos and went on from there

   Posted 2 months ago #

6. Linuxchix0r
   Member

   Somehow I have a feeling he is not really leaving.

   Posted 2 months ago #

7. goodgotd
   Member

   I hope he is and good riddance- but I ain't holding my breath!

   Posted 2 months ago #

8. RunesageMagik
   Member

   RIP WinXP?

   As a going away present to Billie, the boneheads left behind say they still intend to kill WinXP. That's sure to give a boost to Apple stock prices.

   Posted 2 months ago #

9. maizeydaze
   Member

   While on the subject of Bill Gates, have you all seen this?

   Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft Over XP

   Posted 2 months ago #

10. goodgotd
    Member

    I'd love to see his comments on Vista, even though I'm sure he runs a Godzilla system for it.

    Posted 2 months ago #

11. copmom
    Member

    maizey.. if Bill Gates had so many problems trying to do a simple d/l of their movie maker, it's a wonder that any of our machines work!

    Posted 2 months ago #

12. Lee
    Moderator

    I have been using windows vista hp sp1 past two months and it is a massive improvement on xp and vista hp rtm.

    If you have a crap machine which does not have the specs to run vista then y'all probably be a moaner or hater which ever suits.

    I luved xp pro, I waited well over 1 year before doing the upgrade.

    You have to move on, things change and people want better and newer, it's evolution.

    I.E. 7 works fine, I did try I.E. 8 b1 and yewwwwwwwww, it's horrid.

    However things change and maybe the browser will be changed to a better format to silence the critiques.

    Posted 2 months ago # | Login to Send PM

13. graylox
    Member

    Hi, Lee! Back again ? Nice.
    And you dare to say something positive about Vista! or did I mistranslate your post?
    I too have Vista and can't complain. Well I'm not a computer pro - like most of all pc users.
    What about starting a new threat for Vista users ?

    daretohavevistalox

    Posted 2 months ago #

14. Lee
    Moderator

    Thanks for the WB.

    Vista is ok, though repair install and sidebar is a pain.

    Posted 2 months ago # | Login to Send PM

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