Bill Gates Speaks Out 571
neoform writes "The Seattle PI is running an interesting interview with Bill Gates." In the article Gates comments on Vista, Google, and a few other pertinent topics. In an amusing bit of related news, an anonymous reader let us know that CNET is also running an interview with Gates. In the CNET interview Gates gives a very interesting response to one of the interview questions. "CNET: So that would be the philosophical difference between Microsoft and what Google is up to at this point? Gates: Well, we don't know everything they are up to, but we do know their slogan and we disagree with that."
Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:5, Funny)
From context he's probably not referring to "Don't be evil" -- but seriously, who can turn down a sound bite (sound byte?) like that?
Google's Slogan? (Score:5, Funny)
They were so cocky about it, they even put it on a button...those bastard!!
Proof! (Score:3, Funny)
Ha! I knew it! This whole time we were right about Microsoft's plan! Their only goal is to copy! (or buy, whichever is more economical)
speech and video recognition? (Score:5, Funny)
Clippy AV: "Hello User/Bear/Shrub, I see you've brought a Hammer/Salmon/Exhaust Manifold. Would you like me to assist you with it?
[No] [Cancel]
Where's Napoleon?! (Score:5, Funny)
Richer? (Score:5, Funny)
He meant to say as Office gor Bloated and I got Richer...
Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm going to assume this is a mistranscription or a bad editor; otherwise, this is the single greatest thing to come out of Bill Gates' mouth, ever.
Gratuitous Celebrity CEO Theoretical (Score:5, Funny)
I'm fairly certain Paige would thoroughly pound Gates into the floor; but Ballmer is really freakin' scary. That one I'm not so sure of. I'm picturing Ballmer being able to take out both Paige and Brin at the same time.
Then again, Ballmer having Gates as a tag team partner would actually be a hinderence, so I'm thinking Paige and Brin would just barely be able to People's Elbow his ass into submission.
In other words (Score:5, Funny)
char* slogan = "Don't Be Evil";
char* corporateSlogan;
if(corporateID == GOOGLE)
corporateSlogan = slogan;
else if(corporateID == MICROSOFT)
corporateSlogan = &(slogan[6]);
Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:5, Funny)
This AC Speaks Out! (Score:1, Funny)
Bill should take his ravishing (ahem) wife and go off and do good deeds (as he does, all of my insanity aside) and cure the diseases of the world rather than **RANT BEGINS AGAIN**
fucking the world again and again through the manipulation and domination of the world's computer systems. THAT m'friend is power and Bill Gates is an all too willing handmaiden to the Bushie impulse in the United States. Lying arrogant bastards all of them. Clawing their way to power and woe be he to tries to moderate their lust of the blood of their customers or their citizens.
I'm so frickin' angry I could SPIT!
George Bush does not care about Slashdot. (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:5, Funny)
I pray to God every night that this does not become a widespread buzzword.
Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:5, Funny)
You say Do No Evil, I say I disagree with that. . .
No, wait, I meant. .
KFG
Re:Napoleon Dynamite (Score:2, Funny)
Don't just be evil... (Score:5, Funny)
I don't WANT to organize the world's information.. (Score:3, Funny)
It's too much work, even with better tools, I've got things I'd rather be doing. While I may not trust Google to do it the way I'd like, what they end up with will be more than I have interest in doing by myself...
And just what does Gates mean by "tools to organize"-- I doubt he means web-spider programs that will generate your own search engine database-- would it not likely mean that the tools would access a Microsoft database (that they apparently, haven't even bothered to organize) and you could then organize your links into Microsoft's data? Yeah, that sounds better than what Google's doing :-)...
Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:5, Funny)
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Gates: Software in general, whether it was from Microsoft or somebody else, was not set up for an environment where all the computers were connected together. So it's not like there was some software that had this security capability and our software did not.
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Haw!
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Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:5, Funny)
Teach a man how to index fish and he doesn't need to keep using your software/service...
Or something like that...
It sounded better in my head.
Get your eyes checked! (Score:4, Funny)
Bill should take his ravishing (ahem) wife and go off and do good deeds...
Google image of Melinda Gates [google.com]
Damn you for even making me curious!
Microsoft's unofficial slogan (Score:1, Funny)
Some just keep patching holes.
The smart ones know when to bail."
Re:Get your eyes checked! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:3, Funny)
Obligatory Simpson's references:
Platformization is a perfectly cromulent word.
It sounds from the article as if Gates is attempting to claim that Microsoft will embiggen users.
The Google slogan changed. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:In other words (Score:4, Funny)
char* slogan = "Don't Be Evil";
char* corporateSlogan;
if (corporateID == GOOGLE)
corporateSlogan = slogan;
if (corporateID == MICROSOFT)
corporateSlogan = &(slogan[23]);
Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:5, Funny)
Set him on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:5, Funny)
Gates: Slashdot runs a lot of duplicate stories.
Re:Is it an eeevil slogan? (Score:2, Funny)
"The thing he realized about the windows was this: because they had been converted into openable windows after they had first been designed to be impregnable, they were, in fact, much less secure than if they had been designed as openable windows in the first place."
Re:Don't just be evil... (Score:3, Funny)