Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future

The Discussion

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  Awesome. Downloading now.
  
  I suppose it'd be a step too far to have Bill post here just once...
  
  ...right?

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  C9 supports pingbacks now?  This is gonna be interesting.  At least it was an MSDN blog
  
  Haven't been watching the video page lately; linked here from Jeff's twitter.  Thanks Jeff.

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  Cool interview. I'm surprised how much different topics were covered. He sure knows his stuff.

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  Wait wait wait, there's some sort of cloud services thing Ray Ozzie has been working on that isn't Mesh, and is secret enough to bleep out even the codename? Spill the beans, man! We can't wait until PDC!
  
  Great interview, Charles. Really informative. Bill remains one of the most interesting people in IT.

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  Thanks, Bas. I really enjoyed this conversation. Bill was very engaged and ready to speak his mind. The breadth of his knowledge is staggering.
  
  Come to PDC 08 to learn first hand about [bleep]! It's incredibly cool... There's a lot we can't talk about right now. You can bet that when we can, we'll go deep into it right here on C9.
  C

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  I still dont get it. My feeling is that OSs are about providing APIs and not providing services and applications to the user she didn't ask for.
  
  My statement is: Keep it simple. Let the user decide and let the developers provide.

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  awsome bill is like a rockstar for guys like me (yeah im a geek, )
  
  but who bleeped him? if anyone should be allowed to say whatever they want it should be him
  
  also, a post from bill in this thread would be really really cool
  

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  Ayyy, incredible guy - watched him on bbc the other night (I think there was a comment about channel9 briefly on it), I have to admit- I assumed bill would be like most "managers" (for lack of better word) and would have lost contact with the users and those that really develope the software.. but that certainly isn't true.
  
  Also Bas, isn't one of the big features in windows 7 suposed to be a native web services communication layer?

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  Bas, i'm guessing that [Bleep] is what Mesh is built on and that Microsoft are going to provide that API to the rest of us. They have hinted at this in the discussions about Mesh.

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  Actually I talked to Charles and he told me it was [beep].
  
  I checked it out on an internal site (http://[beep]) and I think I can say that [beep] is totally [beep]ing awesome
  

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  Yeah, that's annoying. Anyway to hide them?
  
  At least keep them separate from the regular comments.

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  Charles, you guys should use cams with progressive scan the next time. The interview is great (actually, it is really cool) but the quality isn't because you can see the artifacts of the interleaced scan cameras (when you or Bill moves fast, you can see that only half of the lines are updated)...

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  Thx Bill  !!!!!!!!!!!

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  guru speaks the truth..
  
  and also, please dont hard encode those black borders they really get in the way on 16:9 displays :/
  Great interview as always though

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  Why must you taunt us, Sampy!

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  This is an excellent conversation.
  I've always admired how humble and calm Bill remains.
  Compare this video to any with a certain guy by the name of Larry.  

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  Next 15 years everybody will speak about BG's resignation, interviewing him etc...
   
  Why there was no "funny video" about BG's "last day at MS"?... Strange...
   
  PS: Yep, I'm bloody bst*rd, but that stupid video is really annoying...
  
  

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  Charles, you do a great interview, not only this one, but any you do. And the secret to your great interview is that, all your questions are all "Realistic" questions. It's almost like you read my mind with your next question. Secondly, you're always respectful and none harassing to others. There is no tensions in your sessions and you always respond with positive response.  I just wanted to tell you, that, you do a great job...
  
  Thanks!
  ..Ben
  

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  Thank you for the kind words, Ben.
  C

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  Just noticed the new C9 video player.  Much improved, guys.

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  Bill will be sorely missed!

  
  

  
  

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  It was probably the first time I saw an interview with Bill where he was not a keynote or being asked generic questions from a Larry King type.  Charles interview skills and preperation are excellent.  Bill is obviously adept at covering any subject in his sphere which is deep and broad.  His vision of creating and making more leaders at MSFT more visible and spreading the brains around makes a lot of sense.  I'd love to be in one of those meetings when customers tell them that their product(s) is not measuring up.....Charles has an opportunity to go there i.e. Vista but it seems to be a mandate to keep it all positive. 

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  This is one of the best interviews with Bill Gates that I've seen.  Good work Charles, and thanks Bill.

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  Glad you like dit! Re Vista, Bill does address Windows, specifically. The context for this conversation is the future and Vista is here now... He explains how he thinks Windows will remain pertinent in an increasingly Internet-connected world of servers and services that provide data for any device. I thought his answer was spot on: Windows will drive service innovation and provide the mechanisms for truly rich user experiences that consume from the cloud.
  
  Cheers,
  C

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  Thank you!
  C

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  Great interview.
  
  Congratulations Charles.
  
  Will you be interviewing Ray Ozzie next for Channel 9?

  

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  It is really fascinating to hear from BillG what is gonna be next for us!
  
  Thanks,
  Ibrahim
  
  http://www.ibrahimdurmus.com/