Looks like Bill Gates knows how to communicate his thoughts easily for the reader.
Neither I nor the recipient of the email would have read that entire thing if it was in a large paragraph block.
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#12Well... BG isn't the only one who get's frustrated with windows.
I gave up on that crap environment a long time ago and started using Mac's...... the only way to go. Definitely worth the extra money.
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#13Why is this surprising? Bill Gates doesn't need to fanboi Microsoft internally; it's his company. He needs to be as critical as possible so the outside world gets a good product. It's his company that looks bad when things like this happen, so of course he is going to "rant" about it. It's his job.
It's surprising because you might think Bill Gates would have some pull at his own company. Most of these issues he raises have been problems for years, and have gotten even worse in some cases!
Many of these problems are still prevalent in Microsoft. Confusing processes and the like.
So, it's not Gates. Gates is a good guy and he sounds like he gets it. Is it the corporate structure then?
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#14Duh, Bill:
http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=download+moviemaker
I thought I'd try to install it to see if they streamlined it, but it turns out it was part of SP2. I guess I never needed to know about it...
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's surprising because you might think Bill Gates would have some pull at his own company. Most of these issues he raises have been problems for years, and have gotten even worse in some cases!
Many of these problems are still prevalent in Microsoft. Confusing processes and the like. So, it's not Gates. Gates is a good guy and he sounds like he gets it. Is it the corporate structure then?
> Is it the corporate structure then?
Yeah, probably. However, it's hard to keep a big company like Microsoft under one person's control. Look at Apple's success; they have a tiny product line (compared to Microsoft), and so Jobs can make sure everything is good.
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#16Well... BG isn't the only one who get's frustrated with windows. I gave up on that crap environment a long time ago and started using Mac's...... the only way to go. Definitely worth the extra money.
Equivalent macs don't really cost extra money.
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#17And that's how a guy with "no taste" critiques. Imagine Steve Jobs' emails!
I'm not sure Steve Jobs uses email. I think he uses ninjas.
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#18Well... BG isn't the only one who get's frustrated with windows. I gave up on that crap environment a long time ago and started using Mac's...... the only way to go. Definitely worth the extra money.
Equivalent macs don't really cost extra money.
Because of the extra value of the system just working?
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Equivalent macs don't really cost extra money.
Because of the extra value of the system just working?
no, they just plain don't. they all come with isights and firewire and DVD burners and such. comparisons i've seen with equivalent PCs are roughly equal.
if you want lots of RAM or a larger harddrive, you probably have to buy that separately to not get overcharged, though.
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#20too many cooks in the kitchen. MS needs a strong product management voice ala Jobs/Schiller to cut through the crap and insist on a coherent, consistent, and comprehensible product vision and user experience.