Its long been understood that when it comes to consumer-friendly platforms and software, Microsoft is about as friendly as a rabid badger cruisin' on three crack rocks. Installation lag times here, incompatibility issues there...its a mess.
Now it appears that their founder has joined the ranks of haters. From a leaked memo in 2003 from Gates to development, "I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don't drive usability issues." His email goes on to describe a tussle he had with Microsoft.com and its downloads section while trying to obtain the application MovieMaker. Check out the full transcript here.
I'm glad that even Bill Gates can recognize the pitfalls of his ginormous company, and can join in the healthy criticism that is so easy its almost not even fun (almost). I think it'd be a nice gesture for Steve Jobs to head up to Redmond and drop off a brand new Mac. 'Cept Ballmer would probably implode.
(Gotta love that mugshot, especially since its for speeding in his 911 in Albuquerque. Nice)
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