Gates

[bugzpodder]

I get to speak to Gates (yes, THE Gates) in person on Thursday. I'll take any good/intelligent questions compsci might have for him and ask him on compsci's behalf. (and nothing about linux)

[Mazer]

Man, Tony Lin actually got to talk to Jet Li (yes, THE Jet Li). AND he got to ask him about Linux.

(OK, I made up the part about Linux... it was probably about Mac stuff)

[bugzpodder]

man i wanna be a movie star...

[Mazer]

You mean you AREN'T a movie star?? Who let you in here?

[Dan]

Ask him about the impmentation of tursted computing in long horn and futtuer windows os relases and how he can justify being big brother to a comunity (ie. the internet) that was desinged around the ideas of freedom of speah and freedom of infomation.

[lyam_kaskade]

Ask him what he thinks of working for Google.

[wtd]

Ask him why he doesn't just retire. He could certainly afford to. He doesn't need any positive associations Microsoft brings, and he'd be better off without the negative associations.

If he's still interested, why not go off and create a new company? Get back some of the entrepreunerial spirit.

[Mr. T]

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, [high-pitched voice] MONEYYYYYY

[Martin]

I like wtd's question.

Ask him what still motivates him. I imagine that it's not money. At $50 billion , anything else is just a number. $100 billion? Just another number. More than any one person could possibly spend. Ask him "When you're at the top of the mountain, what's there left to look forward to?"

I'm definitely jealous of you bugz. Ahh... I want a signed Windows XP cd...

And Dan, it's called Windows Vista now.

[bugzpodder]

HAHAHAHA lol if i was not asked to do this on behalf of the university, i'd definitely get his autograph

[Amailer]

Ask him to visit compsci.ca o.O
Then he better be ready to read all the M$ sucks posts tho, but he might already be used to it.

Ask him how many times a year does he get sued, or at least his company gets sued
M$ had to pay $761m to RealNetworks recently XD

[Martin]

bugzpodder wrote:

HAHAHAHA lol if i was not asked to do this on behalf of the university, i'd definitely get his autograph

Ask for it anyway! Tell him that he's one of the great figures that inspires computer science students across the planet, and that you'd love to have his autograph. Man, I definitely would. Bring a Windows XP cd with you. Preferably a legit one...

[codemage]

Ask him

- If he would still like to buy your arm for $1,000,000.
- What he was smoking when he promoted Ballmer to CEO.
- if he intends to continue purchasing evey company that sues him
- whether he has enough money to buy his soul back from Satan yet

As much as I hate Gates as a monopolist and a tyrant, you gotta respect him (kind of like I have a healthy respect for Napoleon or Ghengis Khan).

In all seriousness, I think martin's question is the best so far. "Ask him what still motivates him"

I'd also be curious about how much of a design role he still plays in his company, or whether he's mostly sidelined to administration & business issues. Terrible loss to see all that programming skill wasted in a boardroom.

[rizzix]

hmm although he's a CEO.. i don't think it's him who makes all those decisions anymore.. he's elected the Members of the Dark Counsel (you know after selling his soul). They give him fame.. power... riches.. on one condition: he does their bidding for enternity... (aha!)

[brenn]

To the best of my knowledge, AVW TELAV was setting up in the Davis Centre foyer this morning for the web broadcast of Mr. Gate's session from Hagey Hall. (So yeah, I think a bunch of students who get to "see" Bill Gates will actually be watching remotely) There were these GIANT BLUE DRAPES hanging from the ceiling ... xD of course you all know what I immediately thought: teh blue screen of DOOM!

XD