Comments on: Bill Gates 1986-2008

By: Common Japanese words

Common Japanese words — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:11:27 +0000

It’s interesting to look at CDs as being a major technology, since it has almost come to the point where we don’t use them much anymore. Not to mention bluerays.

By: Joy

Joy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:55:28 +0000

Yes, it is true that the world has become a much smaller place due to the advent of internet technologies and the role Bill Gates and his company has played is enormous.

By: classless

classless — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:46:27 +0000

“When you know a program that well, you feel that nobody can look at the code and say, “There’s a better way to do this.””

That’s one thing that will remain as Gates’ heritage: that nobody can look at the code. That is, nobody should

By: Samir Dobric

Samir Dobric — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:13:34 +0000

Susan,

If I remember correctly, Bill Gates is alluding to Encarta in this interview – which was in fact interactive and sold in bookstores I have the early editions of Encarta and some other CDROM encyclopedias. All of them became less and less relevant starting with 1995 and 1996 (ten years after this interview), as the web (and other online services, such as Compuserve in those days) emerged as a platform for people networking and knowledge sharing. I am not sure if AOL was ever a knowledge-sharing platform (Compuserve was, with its excellent forums organized by topic and populated with numerous people in-the-know). Also, Microsoft’s impact on education with the pervasiveness of Windows platform cannot be overstated.

Looking forward to more interviews, particularly the ones with Steve Wozniak and Jef Raskin. Just finished reading “Inside Steve’s Brain”, Leander Kahney’s book on Steve Jobs. It brought back memories of “Programmers at Work.”

Best,

Samir