Comments on: Bill Gates eat your Socks! http://chezverdon.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/bill-gates-eat-your-socks/ renewable energy | the markets | technology | sustainable living | the outdoors Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:43:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tracey http://chezverdon.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/bill-gates-eat-your-socks/#comment-76 Tracey Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:21:10 +0000 http://chezverdon.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/bill-gates-eat-your-socks/#comment-76 Ok guys, I am not technical and cannot live up to your detailed analsyses of MS products vs Apple. However, I used to work for a MS reseller and had the opportunity of meeting Mr. Bill face to face when we signed a (big!) contract with the MOD and Cabinet Office. We (Sales mgr and myself) were invited to Seattle to meet Mr. Gates in person. We were invited as VIP's to a reception at the Seattle Art Museum to which the Gates' family are patrons. The amazing thing was that 'Bill', when inroduced, took an immediate interest and chatted with a real insight into what we had done and achieved. He had done his homework and it was not just 'chat'. I walked away thinking 'what a nice guy' and could totally understand how he had achieved so much. Interested, inquisitive and sincere without the 'sales pitch'. He has my utmost respect as a person and what he has done for charity. Ok guys, I am not technical and cannot live up to your detailed analsyses of MS products vs Apple. However, I used to work for a MS reseller and had the opportunity of meeting Mr. Bill face to face when we signed a (big!) contract with the MOD and Cabinet Office.
We (Sales mgr and myself) were invited to Seattle to meet Mr. Gates in person. We were invited as VIP’s to a reception at the Seattle Art Museum to which the Gates’ family are patrons.
The amazing thing was that ‘Bill’, when inroduced, took an immediate interest and chatted with a real insight into what we had done and achieved. He had done his homework and it was not just ‘chat’.
I walked away thinking ‘what a nice guy’ and could totally understand how he had achieved so much. Interested, inquisitive and sincere without the ’sales pitch’. He has my utmost respect as a person and what he has done for charity.

]]> By: stu http://chezverdon.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/bill-gates-eat-your-socks/#comment-58 stu Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:32:14 +0000 http://chezverdon.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/bill-gates-eat-your-socks/#comment-58 concur wholeheartedly with your comments... two things that occured: 1) have an apple tv and love it -- it does video streaming from the mac and trailer streaming from apple.com but not tv/movie streaming yet (tho a rental model is rumoured), and dvd integration is not too bad (especially if you buy a 'turbo264': http://www.elgato.com/)... I really think it's a dark horse in apple's portfolio of game-changing products/businesses (the new youtube widget shows how web video content can seamlessly make its way onto your HDTV... once we have a Joost widget we don't need the TV networks anymore...) 2) there are also rumours of gaming coming to atv, and of course at the wwdc jobs intro'd harry potter and other big titles on the mac... but the point I was going to make is the rise of asynchronous but immersive online gaming e.g. Duels.com (http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/06/ready-to-kill-some-time-and-some-enemies-try-duelscom/) personally think this is going to be a big market as it's a rich gaming experience but does not require time to be dedicated by the player hence is perfect for casual gamers and of course requires not upfront console investment... 3) actually final third point on the subject of office -- have you tried google spreadsheets? it's pretty amazing what you can do in a web browser these days -- MS is being squeezed from both ends... concur wholeheartedly with your comments… two things that occured:

1) have an apple tv and love it — it does video streaming from the mac and trailer streaming from apple.com but not tv/movie streaming yet (tho a rental model is rumoured), and dvd integration is not too bad (especially if you buy a ‘turbo264′: http://www.elgato.com/)... I really think it’s a dark horse in apple’s portfolio of game-changing products/businesses (the new youtube widget shows how web video content can seamlessly make its way onto your HDTV… once we have a Joost widget we don’t need the TV networks anymore…)

2) there are also rumours of gaming coming to atv, and of course at the wwdc jobs intro’d harry potter and other big titles on the mac… but the point I was going to make is the rise of asynchronous but immersive online gaming e.g. Duels.com (http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/06/ready-to-kill-some-time-and-some-enemies-try-duelscom/) personally think this is going to be a big market as it’s a rich gaming experience but does not require time to be dedicated by the player hence is perfect for casual gamers and of course requires not upfront console investment…

3) actually final third point on the subject of office — have you tried google spreadsheets? it’s pretty amazing what you can do in a web browser these days — MS is being squeezed from both ends…

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