YESTERDAY AFTERNOON we grabbed a snippet from here (now a dead link). The anonymous author has since then removed this post, which was embarrassing to Gates (and perhaps unsuited to this site which is run by a Microsoft MVP). The post noted personality issues that we already know about. Here is what it said about Vista:
Bill Gates – Enigmatic as Ever!
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Charlie gave plenty of time for Gates to elucidate the viewers about the successes and pitfalls of the adventure known as Vista, but Gates refused to say much about it. When he did comment, he gave acknowledgement to the fact that, no matter his opinion, the public view of Vista was less than positive.
Microsoft is used to criticism; after all, it's a standing joke that the third version of any Microsoft software is the first one that works right. But the backlash against Windows Vista in 2008 was unprecedented. The new OS had been out for a year, finding its way into new consumer systems through 2007 but not getting much adoption by business.
Catalyst breaks Vista Crossfire
DAAMIT IS IN a bit of a pickle over Crossfire and its newly-released 8.12 Catalyst software. Apparently, users are flooding the support forums with complaints of crashes, BSODs and inability to boot into Vista.
If you invested in Crossfire, you're likely to have blown a fair wad of cash and you won't be too happy to hear about this. When you installed the 8.12 Catalyst driver, you might've found yourself with a slight BSOD or black screen at Windows boot problem... slight being an understatement.