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06-27-2008, 04:49 PM
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 : 70 th | | | The End of an Era! Bill Gates Final Day at Microsoft
That's right, the big man Bill Gates is retiring.  Quote: |
Originally Posted by TGDaily
Today is Bill Gates’ last day at Microsoft and typically we would not care that much if a company founder goes into early retirement. But whether we like it or not, there is no denying that Bill Gates has achieved what many of use dream to achieve – to touch as many lives as possible and make your time count. While the modern tech industry loses one of its pioneers I am glad that Bill will not simply disappear, but has decided to make room for new talent to evolve and dedicate his wealth and influence to his charity.
| Various sites have other writeups about what he has accomplished. Engadget has a few contests for MS powered gadgets (Office 2k7 Ultimate/Mp3 player so far). TGDaily has an opinion article, and a Best and worst article.
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06-27-2008, 05:14 PM
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: 78 th | | | I almost feel sad. Seriously, is it just me or is the internet suddenly warming to Bill now that he's leaving? There's like ten front page stories across the web daily about his contributions, his legacy, how hard he pushed the industry, ect. |
06-27-2008, 05:18 PM
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| | | Yeah, they never looked at anything he did positively until he retires. They did, at least, get it right that we wouldn't have gone this far without the de facto Windows standard for people to work with early on.
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06-27-2008, 05:51 PM
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| | | Must give props to the dude that lead today's world to become as it is now.
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06-27-2008, 06:16 PM
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: 65 th | | | must give props to one of the greatest philanthropists of a generation. i never have and never will be a bill gates detester
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06-27-2008, 06:22 PM
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06-27-2008, 06:24 PM
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06-27-2008, 06:26 PM
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: 78 th | | | bran... Nevermind :-0 |
06-27-2008, 06:26 PM
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06-27-2008, 06:32 PM
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| | Engadgets 10 biggest Microsoft hits and misses during Gates: Bill Gates: top ten greatest hits (and misses) - the Microsoft years - Engadget
Hits:
1. IE
2. Media Center
3. MS-DOS
4. Office
5. Peripherals
6. Windows 3.1 (gui)
7. Windows 2000 and XP
8. WINCE/winmo
9. Xbox
10. VB
Misses:
1. Auto PC
2. Bob
3. Cairo
4. Urge (which I actually used and liked)
5. Origami
6. OS/2
7. SPOT watches
8. Windows Activation
9. Windows ME
10. Windows Vista
Agree, Disagree?
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