Bill Gates and Standards.
August 4, 2000 10:10 AM Subscribe
Bill Gates and Standards. Pour yourself a fresh coffee before starting this one: 14 pages between Gates and one gutsy reporter. Discuss.
What it doesn't tell you is that all involved required a IV drip at the end after the conversational (and dare I also say confrontational) marathon.Good read though... one for the Calebos.org 'Reading Pile' may I suggest Ed (!)
posted by williamtry at 11:59 AM on August 4, 2000
posted by williamtry at 11:59 AM on August 4, 2000
On Linux and China. Gates could be making things up, but he should know whether his company really is making a big volume of business with China, regardless of what the "official" newspaper of a communist country says. I think where he exaggerated was in comparing the Linux threat on Windows to Geoworks. And you thought Reality Distortion was the exclusive domain of Steve Jobs.
Overall I think he was too much for Pontin, but still good reading.
posted by tremendo at 1:13 PM on August 4, 2000
Overall I think he was too much for Pontin, but still good reading.
posted by tremendo at 1:13 PM on August 4, 2000
Visual C++, Visual Basic, Visual J++, and VBScript aren't proprietary languages?
posted by rcade at 2:30 PM on August 4, 2000
posted by rcade at 2:30 PM on August 4, 2000
I read a post on slashdot a while ago about microsoft embracing XML.
Old Microsoft word format: unintelligible garbage
New Microsoft word format:unintelligible garbage
"Gates: The first time? Hello? Hello?"
ooooh! I nearly expected a ricki lake outburst from the claddy lad.
posted by holloway at 7:32 PM on August 4, 2000
Old Microsoft word format: unintelligible garbage
New Microsoft word format:
"Gates: The first time? Hello? Hello?"
ooooh! I nearly expected a ricki lake outburst from the claddy lad.
posted by holloway at 7:32 PM on August 4, 2000
ok, so there were XML tags round the second example in the preview.
posted by holloway at 7:37 PM on August 4, 2000
posted by holloway at 7:37 PM on August 4, 2000
Visual C++ and Visual J++ aren't languages, per se. VB and VBScript, insofar as they are languages, aren't proprietary. You could implement a VB interpretor for Linux and add a function like DoSomethingGnomeRelatedWhichObviouslyImpliesThisWouldNotWorkOnWindows() and MS wouldn't come after you. This is (essentially) what MS did with Java and Scott McNealy used his proprietorship to stop MS from shipping Visual J++. See the difference?
posted by JasonSch at 8:53 PM on August 4, 2000
posted by JasonSch at 8:53 PM on August 4, 2000
VBScript is for Windows, therefore it's not particularly "open."
gates's reaction to Linux in China sounds like denial, but i don't have all the facts. his response to the DOJ is so persuasive, i almost bought it; he's a great spinmeister.
despite the combative tone of the interviewer, neither he nor gates questioned the assumption that transforming the Internet into a Windows app would be a Good Thing.
posted by Zeldman at 9:39 AM on August 5, 2000
gates's reaction to Linux in China sounds like denial, but i don't have all the facts. his response to the DOJ is so persuasive, i almost bought it; he's a great spinmeister.
despite the combative tone of the interviewer, neither he nor gates questioned the assumption that transforming the Internet into a Windows app would be a Good Thing.
posted by Zeldman at 9:39 AM on August 5, 2000
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posted by Popstar at 11:50 AM on August 4, 2000