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Big Mac · Dec 12, 2006, 01:28 PM

Mac Envy
The father of Vista once admitted that he'd rather have a Mac.

"Are Apple computers better than Windows PCs? The guy who led development of Microsoft's new versions of Windows apparently once thought so.

In a January 2004 e-mail to Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) chiefs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, Vista boss Jim Allchin said he would buy a Mac if he wasn't working at Microsoft. . . ."

". . . .Allchin has announced plans to retire from Microsoft after the commercial version of Vista ships at the end of January. Note to employees of Apple retail stores in Bellevue, Wash., and Seattle: On or around Feb. 1, be on the lookout for a white-haired man wearing a Groucho mask, furtively purchasing an iMac."

Kerrigan · Dec 12, 2006, 01:33 PM

Honesty is great, but why would you say something stupid like that to your boss, especially when your boss is Bill freakin' Gates?

Doofy · Dec 12, 2006, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Honesty is great, but why would you say something stupid like that to your boss, especially when your boss is Bill freakin' Gates?

Doesn't Bill actually use a Mac anyways?

What makes you money and what you use to make that money are two different things.

Kerrigan · Dec 12, 2006, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Doesn't Bill actually use a Mac anyways?

Say what?

olePigeon · Dec 12, 2006, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Honesty is great, but why would you say something stupid like that to your boss, especially when your boss is Bill freakin' Gates?

Cuz you have

load of money and you don't care if you lose your job?

olePigeon · Dec 12, 2006, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Say what?

I think that's Intel's CEO (Barrett?), not Bill Gates.

Gossamer · Dec 12, 2006, 01:52 PM

Check about 15 threads down...

Jawbone54 · Dec 12, 2006, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Doesn't Bill actually use a Mac anyways?

What makes you money and what you use to make that money are two different things.

I've never heard that before. Is this true? I'm not going to rule anything out, but this is the first I've heard of that.

I do remember the speech in which he praised the Mac (sometime in the mid-90s).

::maroma:: · Dec 12, 2006, 02:13 PM

Dude Bill Gates probably owns every PC ever made in the history of the world.

And sometimes you gotta lay down the law to your bosses who have gone a different direction than you feel is appropriate. If they weren't listening to the usual way of telling them something is wrong, then you have to tell them something that may shock them into listening to you. Or at least to hearing you, its up to them whether or not to listen.

I applaud him. He felt strongly about something and stood up for it. I'm just surprised Ballmer didn't throw a chair at him or something.

Dakar² · Dec 12, 2006, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

Check about 15 threads down...

I was too lazy to bother pointing this out.

Kerrigan · Dec 12, 2006, 02:33 PM

...until now!

Doofy · Dec 12, 2006, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I've never heard that before. Is this true? I'm not going to rule anything out, but this is the first I've heard of that.

I heard something a couple of years ago.

Your guess is as good as mine. <shrug>

Dakar² · Dec 12, 2006, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

...until now!

Not really. I I'd still have to find the thread, copy the link and go advanced. Screw that.

Gossamer · Dec 12, 2006, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar²

Not really. I I'd still have to find the thread, copy the link and go advanced. Screw that.

Why go advanced?

Dakar² · Dec 12, 2006, 03:17 PM

Because I'm not manually typing the code.

Which reminds me, I have a feedback thread to start....

volcano · Dec 12, 2006, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by ::maroma::

I applaud him. He felt strongly about something and stood up for it. I'm just surprised Ballmer didn't throw a chair at him or something.

Naw, he'd just sweat on him until he drowns.

Jawbone54 · Dec 12, 2006, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by volcano

Naw, he'd just sweat on him until he drowns.

Psyyyyyychoooooooooooooooooooo

kmkkid · Dec 12, 2006, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I've never heard that before. Is this true? I'm not going to rule anything out, but this is the first I've heard of that.

I do remember the speech in which he praised the Mac (sometime in the mid-90s).

He did own an iPod, not sure about a Mac though. And now he probably uses his companys Zune crap.

Kerrigan · Dec 12, 2006, 06:28 PM

Bill Gates is too busy giving all of his money to his foundation so that they can buy up newspapers and hedge funds.

©öñFü$íóÑ · Dec 12, 2006, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by ::maroma::

Dude Bill Gates probably owns every PC ever made in the history of the world.

And sometimes you gotta lay down the law to your bosses who have gone a different direction than you feel is appropriate. If they weren't listening to the usual way of telling them something is wrong, then you have to tell them something that may shock them into listening to you. Or at least to hearing you, its up to them whether or not to listen.

I applaud him. He felt strongly about something and stood up for it. I'm just surprised Ballmer didn't throw a chair at him or something.

Originally Posted by volcano

Naw, he'd just sweat on him until he drowns.

OH GOD............ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!1!!!111!!ONE!ELEVEN11!

PowerPc = Pwnage · Dec 12, 2006, 09:08 PM

Damn. It's like a sitcom, 'gotta love those guys at Microsoft.