The way Bill Gates writes in that e-mail doesn't seem as elegant as his published writings. And he calls it the "Add or remove programs place", what a non-techie way to describe it.
Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003)
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Re: Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003)
#12Last line... at the end: I reboot every night.
That's actually not the last line!
It's only the last in the screen shot posted to twitter. The PDF contains more of the email, and it gets worse (if you can believe that).
Re: Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003)
#13Good times. I remember when this was part of the court case.
Sounds like what we need is for Tim Cook to try to use iOS 13 and lose access to one of his favorite apps by upgrading to Catalina, and then to get a crumb or something into his keyboard.
Re: Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003)
#14Last line... at the end: I reboot every night.
I think he meant that he reboots his computer every night.
Re: Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003)
#15[OP - I posted the tweet]
If you liked this, you might like my collection of business memos here. https://sriramk.com/memos
I remember this particular memo very well as I was at Microsoft at the time and it felt so unfair to see the reaction to what you expect any good CEO to do.
Re: Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003)
#16[OP - I posted the tweet] If you liked this, you might like my collection of business memos here. https://sriramk.com/memos I remember this particular memo very well as I was at Microsoft at the time and it felt so unfair to see the reaction to what you expect any good CEO to do.
Can you provide an alternate link to the PDF that works worldwide? Some people are getting a 451 error.
Re: Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003)
#17Good times. I remember when this was part of the court case. Sounds like what we need is for Tim Cook to try to use iOS 13 and lose access to one of his favorite apps by upgrading to Catalina, and then to get a crumb or something into his keyboard.
I'd love for him to use a Mac with two monitors and wrestle with his dock constantly switching from one to the other with no way to lock the dock and keep sane window setups.
Re: Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003)
#18Bill was doing a fantastic job here, but it is a bit too sad to see how most of the executives in the mail show much less concern for the company's and customer's goals, and more concerns on who should own the problem. I think this is a bit too common in any corporate environment.
Re: Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003)
#192004
It's actually 2003:
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:05 AMRe: Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003)
#20I very rarely use Windows now (at the time this happened I was working with it M-F doing support) - I’m not convinced it’s any better now is it? I downloaded an “IETester” image from Microsoft to confirm behaviour of a clients site from a Windows PC - it literally spent more time installing updates and rebooting than I did either downloading the entire vm image file or actually testing the thing I wanted to test.
How fucking convoluted is Windows that every single update that can only install via a reboot, then suddenly produces more such updates?
How on earth does anyone still use this on a daily basis?