MetaFilter posts tagged with billgates and microsoft

"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:06:51 -0800

Bill Gates files a bug report: "There's not a day that I don't send a piece of e-mail ... like that piece of e-mail. That's my job."

Jobs and Gates interviewed together at the D5 conference

jaimev — Wed, 30 May 2007 23:22:03 -0800

The Bill and Steve show: Jobs and Gates sit down together and discuss the past, present and future at the D5 conference.

Thank god you're not using Internet Explorer

Blazecock Pileon — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:14:26 -0800

Welcome to Larry Brash's Microsoft and Bill Gates Joke Page.

Goodbye, Mr. Gates

justkevin — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:51:58 -0800

Gates to Leave Day-to-Day Role at Microsoft in 2008. Following the tradition of previous capitalists-turned-philanthropists such as J.P. Getty and Andrew Carnegie, Bill Gates has announced that in 2008 he will quit his full-time role as head of Microsoft to focus his attention on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (whose website seems to be having issues at the moment). [NewsFilter]

Can you spare a dollar or two billion for the lesser off?

Mijo Bijo — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:57:43 -0800

Bill Gates or Steve Jobs? Who is changing the world more for the better? Some people believe Bill Gates and Microsoft are the Spawn of Satan, while others praise him for his philanthropy. [subs. req'd] Steve Jobs has more buzz on the internets than Bill Gates and a near religious following for his products with Apple. One might not give like the other, but one definitely is much more Zen-like.

Top Billing

nthdegx — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 04:57:34 -0800

Inventor of CTRL-ALT-DEL ridicules Bill Gates. "'I may have invented CTRL-ALT-DEL, but Bill Gates made it famous". Video clip of the episode, via TUAW, who say "The funniest part is the expression, or lack thereof, on the face of Bill."

Nice Package, You Future Quadrillionaire You

digaman — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:21:32 -0800

Bill Gates... so hot [via BoingBoing].

With our powers combine we are captain bandiwth leech

sourbrew — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:39:45 -0800

Bwahahahahaha - Take a shot back. Bill Gates promised to end spam. Now lycos is letting you take a shot back ala SETI. Get your copy and make love not spam.

Gates talks with an editor at Scientific American

sourbrew — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 02:01:57 -0800

Gates talks about our future. Bill gates shows a side that is rarely seen by computer users. Love him or h a t e h i m, I just want to know why he doesn't want me to have one of these some time in the next 15 years too.

Bill Gates Blog. AHHHHHH!!!!!

scarabic — Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:48:07 -0800

Bill Gates May Blog. Always ahead of the curve, the astute visionary's groundbreaking foray into the virginal internet territory, known by computer hackers as "web logging," won't be all business, either. He's expected to share personal details such as tidbits from recent vacations. I for one am trembling on the edge of my seat. 1.0 lacks that special something.

No more free email?!

wsg — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 11:32:41 -0800

Bill Gates proposes an end to free email
If the U.S. Postal Service delivered mail for free, our mailboxes would surely runneth over with more credit-card offers, sweepstakes entries, and supermarket fliers. That's why we get so much junk e-mail: It's essentially free to send. So Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates, among others, is now suggesting that we start buying "stamps" for e-mail.

Bacon/Gates Love Child

i blame your mother — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 06:48:20 -0800

Kevin Bacon and Bill Gates spawn love child. In a surprisingly un-clumsy attempt to a) figure out what teens really like to do online, b) create an app to tap into this behavior, and c) rule world, a skunkworks project inside MS has beta released the surprisingly clued-in threedegrees. It most literally rocks.

Microsoft behind the times?

busbyism — Thu, 09 Jan 2003 10:03:01 -0800

Is Bill Gates behind the times? (NYT link - reg req'd) Microsoft today introduced designs for "a new class of watch" which can "provide weather information, text messages and other data." The simplest versions "will cost less than $150," the story says.

But Timex currently offers its own, cheaper version: the Internet Messenger Watch for only US$50, and a year's free service, for almost the same features.

Is Microsoft actually behind the times with their 'innovation'? Is this embarrassing for the software giant?

dash_slot- — Thu, 30 May 2002 13:32:50 -0800

The real challenge to Microsoft in the 21st Century? Wonder what the techies out there think of this - is it yet another pc false dawn, or - if and when Red Hat get on board - the beginning of the end for Windows? Checkout the heavyweight 'partners'... What with the developments in the pipeline for PlayStation Linux - and maybe even the XBox! - , and Linux making tentative inroads in China, how's Bill gonna embrace and extend this one? Please elucidate for the ignorant! Link courtesy of BBC Sci/Tech

O Boingo — Thu, 14 Feb 2002 07:51:40 -0800

Guttenberg, Babbage...Gates? [via Techdirt] Reading this caused me to question what caused Salon.com to publish this glowing valentine/commercial endorsement for Microsoft's .NET (a general catch-all marketing phrase covering MSFT's implementation of a number of standards supporting web services). Ignores most of the security shortfalls of .NET and compares Gates to Guttenberg. Should this bear the title "Paid Advertising"?

justlooking — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 00:45:47 -0800

Microsoft announced a month long moratorium on new coding in order to fix bugs. Purcell,their privacy chief is quoted as saying Gates "is really annoyed by the incredible pain we put everyone through in computing" . Microsoft's bug problems and security vulnerabilities have lately been getting out of hand. There has also been rumours last month that Gates wants the entire company reoriented towards ..well providing bug free products. Do you think that serious changes are underway in Microsoft? What does it really take for an sofware development enterprise the size of Microsoft to have to provide secure, reasonably bug free products? (via GMSV)

topolino — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 04:27:30 -0800

Microsoft to make products more "trustworthy." A lot of buzz words floating around here, like "trustworthy" and "security." Does this mark a true sea change in Microsoft strategy, or is it just a PR stunt, too little, too late? One thing I'll say, though - I never thought I'd hear this coming from Bill: "Users should be in control of how their data is used... It should be easy for users to specify appropriate use of their information, including controlling the use of e-mail they send." (from the AP report)

owillis — Thu, 03 Jan 2002 18:38:04 -0800

Nothing So Strange is a mockumentary about the assasination of Bill Gates. This Gates doppleganger plays the Chairman, while Microsoft isn't happy.

tranquileye — Thu, 01 Nov 2001 11:43:07 -0800

Microsoft, DOJ settlement close... but the deal apparently would not place significant limitations on functions that Microsoft could "bundle" into its Windows operating program. The judge is said to be concerned about the "national psyche," but will slapping Bill on the wrists really help things?

owillis — Tue, 23 Oct 2001 14:26:42 -0800

Bill Gates to appear on Frasier Maybe he could take some tech support calls for Windows. Or explain "Bob". What next, Larry Ellison on "A Very Special Smackdown"?

tweebiscuit — Thu, 02 Aug 2001 18:21:54 -0800

Microsoft is hoarding child prodigies in order to breed the next Bill. You heard me.

Rastafari — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 15:22:38 -0800

Microsoft vs. AOL Gee, who do you root for in this one? Personally, I'd love to see a Pay-Per-View kickboxing match between Steve Case and Bill Gates.

stew560 — Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:09:55 -0800

Microsoft Patents Everything! Oh dear lord, what will we do now? Has Mr. Gates finally found a way to take over the world?

jhiggy — Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:20:24 -0800

Bill Gates' dad in NY Times Mag Q&A on bequests, estates, philanthropy and work ethic. (He's involved in administering his son's charity activities.) NY Times link, so free registration or your own personal backdoor required.

tregoweth — Wed, 07 Feb 2001 17:20:33 -0800

A garbage can full of lightbulbs? Does anyone else think that the newish picture of Bill Gates on his Web site is a bit...odd? At least Mr. Monopoly has moved away from the standard corporate publicity picture that's on his biography page, but still...