baselinemag.com— The Chairman isn't always right.While Microsoft's outgoing Chief Software Architect Bill Gates has been ahead of the curve in predicting many technology trends, he also has backed some notorious flops.
Jun 16, 2006View in Crawl 4
[quote]Thats business. Nothing personal. If it was, would he put some money in Apple?[/quote]If Apple went under, the DoJ would be all over MS's ass. At the time, there was no serious Linux competition to speak of.Besides, MS needs Apple to do all their R&D for them.
lyph4Jun 16, 2006
BillyG actually never said that. But nice try.
obkenobiJun 16, 2006
In the spirit of Spinal Tap (our Top Ten lists go to eleven)...#11 Microsoft Vista
obkenobiJun 16, 2006
[quote]Thats business. Nothing personal. If it was, would he put some money in Apple?[/quote]If Apple went under, the DoJ would be all over MS's ass. At the time, there was no serious Linux competition to speak of.Besides, MS needs Apple to do all their R&D for them.
dmoney06Jun 16, 2006
They are right about Clippy however...
lordrahl72Jun 17, 2006
Considering he is the richest man in the world, I would say NOTHING he has done is a flop.
durrokJun 17, 2006
Are you new here?