Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker

I always thought Gates was feared by his employees. Unless I'm missing something, all the following emails passed the buck with no one saying, "The boss is pissed and we had better fix the mess."

Re: Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker

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Post by bobbyi » Mon, Sep 02, 2024, 5:16 AM UTC

OldGuyInTheClub wrote: post #4

I always thought Gates was feared by his employees. Unless I'm missing something, all the following emails passed the buck with no one saying, "The boss is pissed and we had better fix the mess."

He's not the boss anymore at this point (2003). Ballmer took over as CEO in 2000.

Re: Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker

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Post by anonzzzies » Mon, Sep 02, 2024, 5:42 AM UTC

langsoul-com wrote: post #3

Was it really that bad back in 2003?

Did it improve? Honest question as I haven't touched Windows since the late 90s because it was terrible (I went from Basic booting home computers to DOS to Unix to Linux and Mac OS X; I use mostly Linux still).

Re: Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker

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Post by smcnally » Mon, Sep 02, 2024, 6:19 AM UTC

anonzzzies wrote: post #6

langsoul-com wrote: post #3

Was it really that bad back in 2003?

Did it improve? Honest question as I haven't touched Windows since the late 90s because it was terrible (I went from Basic booting home computers to DOS to Unix to Linux and Mac OS X; I use mostly Linux still).

I just bought a Dell with blank-slate Windows 10 install. Windows Update came up on first boot. Most of the things billg said in this 2003 email remain true. e.g.

> This took quite some time and I was told it was critical for me to download 17megs of stuff.

(But it was GB of stuff.)

> Then it wanted to do an install. This took 6 minutes and the machine was so slow I couldn't use it for anything else during this time.

(But it was more than 10 minutes multiple times.)

> Then it told me to reboot my machine.

(Probably six reboots after 5 software updates.)

Re: Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker

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Post by MadnessASAP » Mon, Sep 02, 2024, 6:20 AM UTC

langsoul-com wrote: post #3

Was it really that bad back in 2003?

Pretty much yeah, by service pack 2 they'd sorted most of it. SP3 was almost good. As far as I was concerned Windows 2000 was the superior choice till well into the XP life cycle. And XP was definitely the better choice till 7.

There isn't a dumpster rotten enough for ME, Vista, or 8.

Re: Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker

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Post by smcnally » Mon, Sep 02, 2024, 6:25 AM UTC

smcnally wrote: post #7

anonzzzies wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did it improve? Honest question as I haven't touched Windows since the late 90s because it was terrible (I went from Basic booting home computers to DOS to Unix to Linux and Mac OS X; I use mostly Linux still).

I just bought a Dell with blank-slate Windows 10 install. Windows Update came up on first boot. Most of the things billg said in this 2003 email remain true. e.g. > This took quite some time and I was told it was critical for me to download 17megs of stuff. (But it was GB of stuff.) > Then it wanted to do an install. This took 6 minutes and the machine was so slow I couldn't use it for anything else during this time.…

… and once that was done, it started harassing me to install Windows 11. “Harassing” like full screen takeovers with buried “no thanks” buttons and secondary “ARE YOU SURE?” screens once I found and clicked the close buttons. That hasn’t stopped.

Re: Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker

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Post by bjoli » Mon, Sep 02, 2024, 7:13 AM UTC

I still wish I had pirated software several times a year. Last it was Garmin stuff. I will never buy anything Garmin ever again. It was a Kafkaesque experience.

The list of banned companies is starting to get prohibitively long.