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If Bill is reading this: Another way to commit to quality would be (a) fund a $200M+ open source foundation to migrate/port/rewrite all of Windows (drivers, uti
by xpe 7mo ago
If Bill is reading this: Another way to commit to quality would be (a) fund a $200M+ open source foundation to migrate/port/rewrite all of Windows (drivers, utilities, applications) to Linux; (b) give the foundation full IP rights to do so; (c) put all Microsoft Windows employees on the effort too.
- the_pwner224 7mo agoBill definitely wouldn't approve of the current Windows quality. This email by him (2003) is very interesting. It looks like he was powerless to stop the degradation. https://web.archive.org/web/20080626154537/http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141821.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20080626154537/http://blog.seatt... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=227045 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=227045
- zipy124 7mo agoThis email has given me a lot more respect for Bill gates.
- bitwize 7mo agoThe guy's still a narcissistic asshole and likely sexual predator, but when even Bill Gates says the UI sucks on Microsoft products, you know the rot runs deep.
- xpe 7mo agoDefinitely a wild read. Bill has a certain style of writing; here is my favorite part: > So I gave up and sent mail to Amir saying - where is > this Moviemaker download? Does it exist? > > So they told me that using the download page to > download something was not something they anticipated. > > They told me to go to the main page search button > and type movie maker (not moviemaker!). > > I tried that. The site was pathetically slow but after > 6 seconds of waiting up it came. > > I thought for sure now I would see a button to just go > do the download. > > In fact it is more like a puzzle that you get to > solve. It told me to go to Windows Update and do a > bunch of incantations. That's just the beginning.