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- blackinthmiddle, on 03/02/2009, -5/+163They're in a tough position. You tell your kids they can't do something and that will make them want to do it all the more. At the same time, you simply *can't* be the Gates and allow your kids to run around with your competitor's products. It's like a BMW car salesman buying their kids Mercedez. I'm sure counting their billions will ease their pain!
- inactive, on 03/02/2009, -17/+166Apparently iPods and iPhones are only allowed in Microsoft's Research and Development labs.
- djpray2k, on 03/02/2009, -11/+114I wouldn't go jumping in and saying that this is because Gates and co. are scared of the superior apple products, it is sensible marketing or more like avoiding bad PR.
Imagine if you were one of Gates kids, spotted with your white ear buds in, looking like one of Steve Jobs followers? It would be all over the tech pages. They are embasadors of the brand. - SpiderTeets, on 03/02/2009, -35/+113Well they are not missing out on much.
i'm sure they have much better technology at their disposal. - ZeeZee2k, on 03/02/2009, -4/+73"You will use a Zune as long as you live in my house!"
- inactive, on 03/02/2009, -3/+68MS Paint ain't nothing to ***** with.
- shutaro, on 03/02/2009, -6/+67That'll show 'em!
- netneutrality, on 03/02/2009, -3/+62Why are all Gizmodo articles always in the images section?
- Uthman, on 03/02/2009, -3/+55Its his house? Who cares o_O
This is news? - inactive, on 03/02/2009, -2/+46Ironically, they can actually afford Apple products. There's the rub.
- inactive, on 03/02/2009, -6/+50Yes, but it never got full. In fact, it only had two 1st-gen iPods, a broken Rio, and five zunes painted in white inside.
- raydeen, on 03/02/2009, -1/+44Their whole house is one big Surface interface. Breakfast is served from the replicator. They beam to school everyday and go to parties in their holodeck.
- wild, on 03/02/2009, -3/+45I would give up Apple products for the billions in inheritance...
- naggregate, on 03/02/2009, -7/+41This is so obvious. If my dad created Linux, I wouldn't use anything else! :P Even though there's Windows and Macintosh, I have to support him. If there are no takers in his own home, who would use it out of the house? Besides, I think the Zune 120 is miles ahead of the 120 GB iPod Classic. The interface is excellent and the social features are awesome! I have been using Windows Mobile 6 on my HTC Touch Dual for almost a year now and love it. I agree that the interface is still way behind the iPhone but, it still is a WONDERFUL operating system.
- CamperBob, on 03/02/2009, -1/+34Actually (and to his credit) Gates has stated he's not leaving his kids more than a token couple million.
The quote I saw was that he was leaving them "enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing." - ObeseSnake, on 03/02/2009, -3/+33Didn't the Zune offices have a clear Lucite box at the front desk that said something like "iPod Drop Off" or something?
- trollick, on 03/02/2009, -3/+32Thank you Bill and Melinda for saving us from 100s of articles on Digg about how Gates kids use Apple products.
- raydeen, on 03/02/2009, -2/+30Steve would never have a Zune. Steve would have an iPod. The only thing is, Steve doesn't listen to the iPod. The iPod listens to Steve.
- inactive, on 03/02/2009, -0/+28It's "it's."
- UselessTrivia, on 03/02/2009, -0/+25I would guess it's probably not because he hates apple or their products, but rather that he doesn't want to deal with some jackhole blogger writing endless posts like: "Hey I saw Bill Gates' kids using an iPhone...ha ha M$ sucks!".
I'm sure he doesn't care about PS3s and Wii because they don't leave the house and nobody is going to photograph him standing next to one and put it on flickr. - greendalek, on 03/02/2009, -4/+29Show of hands, all those who think Melinda is just messing with the interviewer for the sake of having a little joke (and generating a little buzz).
- goerg, on 03/02/2009, -4/+29its mercedeS...
- haentz, on 03/02/2009, -5/+24And at the photocopiers in Redmond.
- DocSquidly, on 03/02/2009, -0/+18Um... isn't this like a family who only owns a Ford because one of the family members works at Ford. Sure, they might think that other company might make a better car but, buying one would effectively be in conflict with their financial interests.
In other words, nothing to see, move along. - MikeBasinger, on 03/02/2009, -3/+21I need to send a box of Ubuntu Cds to the Gates house.
- plainOldFool, on 03/02/2009, -2/+19Somehow I doubt that.
- asnider, on 03/02/2009, -4/+20I'm pretty sure it was also a joke. I highly doubt that they actually expected their employees to ditch their electronics in the bin. I mean, it's possible, but I doubt it.
- inactive, on 03/02/2009, -0/+16@CamperBob, who said: "enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing."
Bill Gates didn't say that. That was Warren Buffett I believe. - jerrod73, on 03/02/2009, -1/+16well said.
- Ludzer, on 03/02/2009, -2/+17Zing!
- inactive, on 03/02/2009, -8/+22 From: Jim Allchin
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 8:38 AM
To: Bill Gates; Steve Ballmer
Subject: losing our way...
This is a rant. I'm sorry.
I am not sure how the company lost sight of what matters to our customers (both business and home) the most, but in my view we lost our way. I think our teams lost sight of what bug-free means, what resilience means, what full scenarios mean, what security means, what performance means, how important current applications are, and really understanding what the most important problems [our] customers face are. I see lots of random features and some great vision, but that doesn't translate onto great products.
I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft. If you run the equivalent of VPC on a MAC you get access to basically all Windows application software (although not the hardware). Apple did not lose their way. You must watch this new video below. I know this doesn't show anything for businesses, but my point is about the philosophy that Apple uses. They think scenario. They think simple. They think fast. I know there is nothing hugely deep in this.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/video/ilife04_32C.html [Note: link no longer works]
I must tell you everything in my soul tells me that we should do what I called plan (b) yesterday We need a simple fast storage system. LH is a pig and I don't see any solution to this problem. If we are to rise to the challenge of Linux and Apple, we need to start taking the lessons of "scenario, simple, fast" to heart.
jim - FredFredrickson, on 03/02/2009, -0/+13Because Gizmodo doesn't write anything worth reading.
- noahco, on 03/02/2009, -0/+13Pretty sure it mentioned that question in the article...
- CamperBob, on 03/02/2009, -1/+13Think about it. Do you think Jobs feels threatened by somebody with a Zune?
Execs who issue prohibitions against harmless objects and throw office furniture around aren't people who feel superior or secure. They're people who feel *threatened*. - hardeep1singh, on 03/02/2009, -1/+12I remember a similar article where Ballmer admitted his family doesn't use Google for search, they use Live Search. I guess this holds true for all the business houses. If you don't use your product yourself, how would you convince others to use it.
- lynx44, on 03/02/2009, -0/+10I knew that wasn't the factory brown color...
- ontain, on 03/02/2009, -1/+11MS Surface looks sweet
- awtripp, on 03/02/2009, -1/+11He might use one, but certainly not for its intended purpose.
- benologist, on 03/02/2009, -3/+12The non-blogspam link:
http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/2009/02/gates-o ... - inactive, on 03/02/2009, -0/+9And Apple gained several % points market share a few years later.
- clickmyface, on 03/02/2009, -2/+11"***** you dad, I'm turning my race car bed into an iPod Shuffle!"
- Pattyo13, on 05/14/2009, -0/+9must be something wrong with their script
- inactive, on 03/02/2009, -1/+9Lots of Diggs, but no answers.
- theaceoffire, on 03/02/2009, -0/+8It would be bad PR for Bill Gates, as it would be for Steve Job's kids to use Ubuntu or a Zune...
- phroztbyt3, on 03/02/2009, -5/+13Im almost positive they all have some insanely crazy windows mobile 7 HTC phone that probably does every job the iphone does and more... I mean... they are ultra-billionaires.. do they really care if they have a damn ipod? No.
- Angostura, on 03/02/2009, -1/+9I wonder what the rules are regarding Nintendo DSs, etc.
- hoojx34, on 03/02/2009, -3/+11Poor kids... Bill come on, do some favour to them and buy the whole Apple company.
- raydeen, on 03/02/2009, -1/+9Gift wrap it. :D
- clickmyface, on 03/02/2009, -0/+8creating a monopoly with your hard-wired browser and setting the default search to your own is another method.
- wontstoptalking, on 03/02/2009, -3/+11I can feel the iPhone sales declining already! Quick, sell your stocks!
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