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		<title><![CDATA[Apple products banned from the Gates household]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple products banned from the Gates householdiPod Nano $ 149.00, iPod Touch $ 229.00, 16GB iPhone $ 299.00 "Mrs. Gates admits that she?s been tempted by the iPhone" - PRICELESS!!!Stealth iPhoneSomeone should come out with a protective skin for the iPhone that would make it look like a Windows Mobile...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:42:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the past?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the past?BillG is still BillG, so is MSFTi don't think billG has been involved any less than before. maybe a little less in details. but other people's decision only matter if it is not going different way with his.RE: Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:09:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to MicrosoftHe didn't dieYou guys make it sound like he died. As much as I bash MS, I do admire what Bill did by founding this company and guiding it to do what it's done for the world. I hope the company well in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry FordDeservedly so. He is a modern day Henry FordLike HF, Bill Gates has truly made a historic impact on the high tech industry and his philanthropy work is already making an incredible difference.Good for him.Having said that, Microsoft has missed the internet boat...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BillG sings blues over open standards, becoming obsolete]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BillG sings blues over open standards, becoming obsoleteWell, there's one open standard[pre]ASCII[/pre]And unicode. Other than that, none come to mind...I wouldn't say thatM$ adopted the BSD TCP stack for their networking. That was an open standard.I say never[B]Winblad carefully avoided commenting on BillG's reluctance to embrace open standards but hinted...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gates plans his leave amid great change]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gates plans his leave amid great changeGates forced out as US Antitrust RemedyWe do not tolerate barons and kings in the USA. What has happened to Bill Gates is not of his choice. Robber barons like him do not belong in our polite society. The USA was founded on this...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gates stepping down from full-time Microsoft role]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gates stepping down from full-time Microsoft roleGates is preferable to BallmerGates is ruthless, but he's also intelligent, competant, dignified, and understands something about the importance of serving the customer.  I'm not convinced Ballmer is anything but the first.I agree, though, that MS needs a major change in direction, but...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gates looks to expand view beyond Windows]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gates looks to expand view beyond WindowsDon't understand your thinking...Microsoft drives all standards and innovations in the computer industry. How can Microsoft be late to anything? More to the point, when Microsoft adopts something, that means it is ready for prime time. So for example, tabbed browsing in Firefox was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:42:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MS Office chief responds to my post on continuous improvement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Sinofsky, senior vice president at Microsoft for Office, responded in a Talkback to my post to BillG about making some of the interface improvements available now rather waiting until Office 12 ships in late 2006, or 2007 if it slips.Hi Dan,I hear you and we are super commited to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:28:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Linux entrepreneur tries again]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linux entrepreneur tries againLinux entrepreneur tries againSorry, but I wouldn't trust anything this guy does.  Just look what he did with VA Linux. THey nearly went bankrupt and lost millions of dollars.  No vision means no future.I predict total failure...This guy is an obvious fraud. First he gets...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:34:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[That's rich: Gates tops Forbes list once again]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[That's rich: Gates tops Forbes list once againWhat do you need 48 Billion for?Honestly why? What can do with it? I can't see much good for it for 1 person. Sure a Million is nice and I could spend it pretty quick. 100 Million and I've have to work again,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The rise of Sun services]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rise of Sun servicesServices around dead platform??Solaris is completely dead, destroyed by the scalable, secure and robust Windows Server 2003 platform. The only service I can see one offering around Sun is migration to Windows. Microsoft's brilliant move to settle with this non-innovator of a company was strictly done...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2004 06:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft plans to work on cash pile]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft plans to work on cash pileYou must be confusing them with Sun."It gets the monopoly thing off of Microsoft's"They don't seem to be worried about it."do actual investing"$6.2 Billion in R&D IS investing.  Buying out Great Plains IS investing.  Producing the XBox IS investing.  (Get the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:01:00 -0800</pubDate>
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