A Month of Gates #7
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News Brief. Uh-oh. It's the exit interview. |
Microsoft kicked off its own Bill Gates tribute with video vignettes and a half-hour Channel 9 interview.
Channel 9 Interview
Another 15-minute video appears on Microsoft's press Web site. Siverlight is required to view the clip. Others can be found at this press-ready tribute site. Today, Bill started his last week at Microsoft as a full-time employee.
Press-Ready Exit Interview
I won't say much about either clip; rather, let them speak for themselves. But I will gripe about them. The Channel 9 interview is done in a news media style, but it's not like Microsoft's chairman gets "Meet the Press" kind of questions.
I would love to see him asked tougher questions, particularly about Microsoft's 1998-2002 U.S. antitrust trial, finding CEO Steve Ballmer's successor (even if it's for 10 years out) and the three-year plan for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
There is a ridiculous number of Bill Gates tributes this week. Fortune's "Gates Without Microsoft" asks some of the tougher questions about what's next.
Newsweek has a humorous first photo re-op.
[Editor's Note: There are formatting problems with this page and Firefox 3, which may derive from the Silverlight plug-in.]
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- A Month of Gates #3, Microsoft Watch, June 3, 2008
- A Month of Gates #2, Microsoft Watch, June 2, 2008
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Comments (3)
I see you folks at eweek are getting into bed with Micro$oft these days, installing Silverlight. Not that I cared to watch the Bill Gates fawning video anyway, waste of bandwidth.
Sadly, Microsoft money does seen to touch everything in its path. Including Microsoft Watch.
Posted by chips | June 24, 2008 4:03 PM
"Microsoft money does seen to touch everything in its path. Including Microsoft Watch."
I agreed , JOE Wilcox get his paycheck for condenming Microsoft
Posted by Peter | June 24, 2008 9:28 PM
Speaking of Bill Gates, who is this guy anyway? It's absolutely horrible how he so completely trashes Windows and Microsoft:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141821.asp
And about Silverlight, since Linux is not yet a viable desktop, I am not able to be subjected to Silverlight on my 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04 LTS desktop with Firefox 3. And Flash sites all work just fine, which suites me well. And so:
Sliverlight, Silverbright,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Wish the wish I wish tonight,
That the world ignores this Silver Blight.
Posted by Philosopher | June 25, 2008 2:57 PM