It dissapoints me that because of his celebrity status many will just hear the implication that IE is currently and take it for granted.
But hey all publicity is good right?
Posted by Paul at February 16, 2005 6:59 PMCurrently best, make that.
Posted by Paul at February 16, 2005 6:59 PMto sum it up:
GATES: Well, we innovate after others try to compete. take office: its slow, crappy, crash-prone. we're going to wait a few more years for other competitors, then say we've been planning it all along.
Posted by Joey at February 16, 2005 7:20 PMI saw this on CBS too, and his comments were basically all the same to everything, sometimes devoid of meaning.
He admits they have good competition from Apple, Google, and others (BTW, can someone explain why they consider not being #1 in search a threat? Maybe it's because I can't imagine why he could need any more money or how a search engine [though I guess it's turning into a whole lot more, which may explain it] threatens their Windows/Office/whatnot megalopoly.)
Posted by Robert Morris at February 16, 2005 8:56 PMWhoops, make that ABC, not CBS. (Sorry!)
Posted by Robert Morris at February 16, 2005 8:57 PMYeah, here it is:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=506354&page=1
Wow, a monopolist praising competition.
Posted by Joe Grossberg at February 17, 2005 7:47 AM" In fact, we just announced that we'll have a new version of the browser so we're innovating very rapidly there"
Hehe, since when did "new version from Microsoft" imply "innovation"?
Posted by Jugalator at February 21, 2005 1:36 AM