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xpe 5 hours ago

If Bill is reading this: Another way to commit to quality would be (a) fund a $200M+ open source foundation to migrate/port/rewrite all of Windows (drivers, utilities, applications) to Linux; (b) give the foundation full IP rights to do so; (c) put all Microsoft Windows employees on the effort too.

the_pwner224 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Bill definitely wouldn't approve of the current Windows quality. This email by him (2003) is very interesting. It looks like he was powerless to stop the degradation.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080626154537/http://blog.seatt...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=227045

zipy124 5 hours ago | parent [-]

This email has given me a lot more respect for Bill gates.

bitwize 3 hours ago | parent [-]

The guy's still a narcissistic asshole and likely sexual predator, but when even Bill Gates says the UI sucks on Microsoft products, you know the rot runs deep.