Briefly: No Apple products in Gates household; iPad in Hollywood; lawsuit update

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  • Reply 81 of 138
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    Originally Posted by glui2001 View Post


    I've never seen "allowed" spelled that way. Gawd, you guys are stupid.



    I've never seen God spelled that way.
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  • Reply 82 of 138
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    Yes, i have used a Zune HD, and I threw it away after a week...what a feeble ipod knock off. The UI is horrible...everythign scrolls off the screen to the right. the Zune Marketplace software crashed several times and there are next to no apps for it. the audio quality is sup par. Everytime i used it i thought about my iPhone and my old ipod. After a week, i could not stand it, and i bought i new ipod touch to complement my iphone 4.



    Alls your post tells me is you work for Microsoft or one of their "partners".



    LOL. No I don't work for Microsoft of any of its partners. I have never even used a Zune. Get a grip. If you are going to paranoid join a group like the 911 Truthers or something and keep that stupid crap off this forum.
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  • Reply 83 of 138
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    Indeed...



    Or, Have you ever talked to that kid? Do you even know if the son of the wealthiest tech guy in the world doesn't know what an iPod and Zune have to offer? People hammer their own opinions into topics whilst pointing out that others shouldn't be doing what they are doing. That's all this tells me.



    I didn't say what she was doing was right, just that Jobs is just as over the top on many issues.
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  • Reply 84 of 138
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    Originally Posted by glui2001 View Post


    I've never seen "allowed" spelled that way. Gawd, you guys are stupid.



    Aloud isn't spelled that way, "aloud" is. Allowed is spelled "allowed". Gawd you are a pathetic pedant. Just sayin'. It's a perfectly acceptable spell-checker fail. And few double-check contextual analysis to see if the usage is proper in blogs dude. Chill the eff out!
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  • Reply 85 of 138
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    Originally Posted by addabox View Post


    They were scarcely "rants." Do you even know what the word means?



    They were rants. Do you know what bias fanboy means?
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  • Reply 86 of 138
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    Originally Posted by thompr View Post


    I'll bet you that Steve Jobs doesn't have any type of rule preventing his kids from getting a Zune, or any other lame product from Microsoft.



    Thompson



    You could be right on that, his is most likely putting his effort into beating them down keeping them from getting an Android phone that runs Flash.
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  • Reply 87 of 138
    newbeenewbee Posts: 2,055member
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    Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody View Post


    I fail to understand why people think that Bill Gates throwing his money around equates to him being a "decent guy" now. People don't just up and change their entire personalities



    A lot of people change when they get married ..... some for the better ... some for the worse. ... Melinda seems to have changed the focus of Bills' life. Good on her.
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  • Reply 88 of 138
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    Have you ever used a Zune? Do you even know if its bad of what it has to offer? What it tells me is most kids have iPods and even with their wealth they simply want to be like their friends have have iPods so they can fit in. Thats all it tells me.



    I'd call that superb brand placing and marketing.
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  • Reply 89 of 138
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    Originally Posted by extremeskater View Post


    LOL. No I don't work for Microsoft of any of its partners. I have never even used a Zune. Get a grip. If you are going to paranoid join a group like the 911 Truthers or something and keep that stupid crap off this forum.



    bullhead, extremey is just a home-grown token troll here. You can respond, ignore (very handy for most of his postings) or zip right past as you feel the need. For the record, one doesn't have to be paid by Microsoft to be extreme, adversely opinionated and dismissive, just dysfunctional.



    >Since Bill Gates can afford to have an in-house Microsoft consultant to manage his smart-home systems on Windows boxes, and keep all the other Redmond kit running smoothly, why would he have any Apple stuff? It's good to be insanely rich!



    >I noticed eTrade commercials feature Apple kit rather obviously - and as other postings have offered, there is a blend of product placement, and product recognition that occurs - it works both ways. Characters who need to have a certain type of profile will be shown to be using certain equipment. Likewise, popular shows are good venues to show-off your kit.



    >I hope these companies can get the suit dismissed - I want Allen to work for a living like the rest of us.
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  • Reply 90 of 138
    wilwil Posts: 170member
    Honestly, I don't care what Mr and Mrs Gates wants in their house, it's their property and it's their own business.



    I know a lot of people who don't want x and y products in their households due to political, religious, business or personal reasons and for both Bill and Melinda Gates, it is logical for them to ban Apple products in their household because A) Apple and Microsoft are competitors and B) to all the techies out there, they know Mr and Mrs Gates is Microsoft and if they buy a single Apple product, they are implying that Microsoft as a company produces products that even the founder and his family find inferior to that of Apple. It will be a PR coup for Apple and a PR nightmare for Microsoft and the Gates are not fools.
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  • Reply 91 of 138
    joe hsjoe hs Posts: 488member
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    Originally Posted by glui2001 View Post


    I've never seen "allowed" spelled that way. Gawd, you guys are stupid.



    my iPhone's auto-correct has a mind of it's own.
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  • Reply 92 of 138
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    Originally Posted by fila97 View Post


    I'd call that superb brand placing and marketing.



    exactly. Microsoft is spends more money on advertising than just about anyone...the Microsoft astroturfers are out in force anymore. Look at the carpet bombs from this guy.
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  • Reply 93 of 138
    onhkaonhka Posts: 1,025member
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    Originally Posted by extremeskater View Post


    You could be right on that, his is most likely putting his effort into beating them down keeping them from getting an Android phone that runs Flash.



    Am I mistaken?



    Is there an Android phone that runs Flash yet?



    HTC Hero to be first Android Flash phone

    Caroline Gabriel/Rethink Wireless | September 27, 2010

    http://www.telecomasia.net/content/h...id-flash-phone
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  • Reply 94 of 138
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    that pose is somewhat disturbing.. but wow where did you get that picture of a mac in Bill's office?



    It may be disturbing now, but in the day it made geeks around the world get all hot. If that's not an even more disturbing thought, then I don't know what is.



    Probably circa 1985. For the record, Bill had nice things to say about the Mac back then. Microsoft was developing software for the Mac, after all, and the first usable version of Windows was still five years off.
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  • Reply 95 of 138
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    Originally Posted by Wil View Post


    Honestly, I don't care what Mr and Mrs Gates wants in their house, it's their property and it's their own business.



    I know a lot of people who don't want x and y products in their households due to political, religious, business or personal reasons and for both Bill and Melinda Gates, it is logical for them to ban Apple products in their household because A) Apple and Microsoft are competitors and B) to all the techies out there, they know Mr and Mrs Gates is Microsoft and if they buy a single Apple product, they are implying that Microsoft as a company produces products that even the founder and his family find inferior to that of Apple. It will be a PR coup for Apple and a PR nightmare for Microsoft and the Gates are not fools.



    ...Apple both competes with and licenses Microsoft technologies, and Microsoft in turn develops for Apple and tries to produce competing products. Apple has pretty much ceded the corporate business space to Microsoft - and doesn't actively compete there, unless demand (as in the case of the iPhones and iPads) requires it. And the perception, whatever that may be (and I think you are dead correct on this) of Gates using anything other than a Redmond product would compromise the integrity of his support of all things Microsoft. He may not be directly at the helm anymore, but he is not going to let his legacy be sullied.
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  • Reply 96 of 138
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    Originally Posted by Magic_Al View Post


    Does he still have a Mac in his office, at least? (Look over his shoulder.)





    Is that the "Blue Screen of Death" on the PC behind him?
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  • Reply 97 of 138
    grkinggrking Posts: 533member
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    Originally Posted by digitalclips View Post


    What a silly and narrow minded attitude to take. At least he always made sure his R & D department had everything Apple ever produced to they could get a clue as to what to do next.



    The article is about personal use. Do you really think SJ uses a Windows 7 machine at home?
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  • Reply 98 of 138
    I made the "mistake" of attending a meeting at the Gates Foundation offices a few years back with my MacBook Pro. Bill Sr. made a joke about it, a couple of former MS employees working at the Foundation snarled, but most folks there looked longingly at my laptop
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  • Reply 99 of 138
    quillzquillz Posts: 209member
    The Gates' family doesn't use Apple products? Is this seriously an article on this site?



    Guess what? There's probably a good chance that the Jobs family doesn't use Microsoft products on a regular basis, either.



    All this article does is start yet another unnecessary flame war.
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  • Reply 100 of 138
    retrogustoretrogusto Posts: 1,164member
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    Originally Posted by mcarling View Post


    Wow! Being a Gates child is worse than being a poor starving child in Africa. At least the poor starving children in Africa are getting 1st generation iPhones now.



    If I were a Gates child, I would contact Steve and see how much money I could get for filming an iPod ad.



    The kid wouldn't even need to get paid--they'd inherit more than any advertiser could pay when their parents died of heart attacks
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