[X4U] When is Keynote?

[Greg Chapel]

Actually, this is a distortion of the truth.

Bill Gates was at the recent CES in Las Vegas and instead of demoing new
hardware or software in the Microsoft Keynote, Bill Gates put on a mock
Late-Night with Conan O'brien skit and discussed the Windows XP media
center. The comedian (Conan) showed up and began making fun of Bill Gates
and technology in general. It was all made more humorous by the the
reluctance of one Windows XP system to properly show photos of Bill & Conan
out on the town.

By and large spectators were under whelmed by the lack of new hardware and
software offerings but loved the entertainment and Gate's presentation.

Somehow a Mac fanactic got ahold of this story and it ends up being spread
as a Blue Screen of Death Presentation fiasco.

Go figure!

Greg


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Subject: Re: [X4U] When is Keynote?




Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> I guess I missed something. What happened with Bill Gates?

I can't give you a lucid report, but I heard & read that whatever
computer model he was using to demonstrate a certain application came up
with the blue screen of death, and later the new application he had
planned to demonstrate refused to work as expected or crashed.  Two for two!

I imagine heads rolled on that one!

keith
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> On Jan 10, 2005, at 11:24 AM, Keith Whaley wrote:
>
>> Wanna bet he just wanted to avoid looking "just plain stupid" and hung
>> out to dry, like Bill Gates just did?
>> Live demos are hell on customer confidence and loyalty.

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