Gates admits Microsoft sucks

In an Associated Press article yesterday, Bill Gates is para-quoted as follows:

"Gates said he has never been 100 percent satisfied with any Microsoft product, and that the company prides itself on fixing shortcomings in later versions."

So, what he's saying is he puts out products he himself isn't happy with and is psyched to patch up the mess later? I'm certainly glad he's not my carpenter! Imagine hiring someone to do work around your home with an attitude like that? And imagine they had an 800 number you had to call (and be put on hold) in order to get these "shortcomings" taken care of? Or if you had to wait not only for the repairman to show up, but for him to hire someone else to figure out what the heck's wrong and find a solution first before he can even start to fix the crappy job he did on your kitchen or bathroom in the first place? And you couldn't even call another company because your carpenter uses tools and supplies that no other does, and so you have no choice but to wait in line with the million other unsatisfied customers with leaky windows? Wow.

How can anyone wonder why MS is not very well-liked? Would you recommend the plumber who took three weeks to fix the pipes so you could use the toilet and take a shower? I seriously don't think so. Are you thrilled that your roof leaks but it's okay because everybody else's does too?

And this guy got into Harvard? There goes the credibility of that school. And with the amount of rhetorical bullshit he throws around it seem he was right-on in the first place with that pre-law idea...

If only people would stop equating financial success with intelligence and integrity, I think the world would become a much better place.

This statement by Gates is a prescient glimpse at MS's future and explains why it upholds a standard of mediocrity.

Man, Ballmer must be on the verge of having an aneurism after that one... Your golf teammate just sliced another one into the woods, Steve, but it's only a game! Ya-hoo!