Comments on: Bill Gates and Chung Mong-Koo Shake Hands on a Strategy for World Conquest

By: Bill Gates gave LMB an… XBox 360? | The Marmot's Hole

Bill Gates gave LMB an… XBox 360? | The Marmot's Hole — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:21:00 +0000

[...] his whirlwind trip to Korea two weeks ago, Bill Gates came bearing gifts. He presented an XBox 360 to president Lee Myung-bak [...]

By: Janus

Janus — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:41:23 +0000

Maybe they’re negotiating a secret treaty to keep the Korean version of XP alive for a little longer.

By: WangKon936

WangKon936 — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:24:32 +0000

Ha ha.. touche.

You have to admit though, MS products are crap and there are just not enough alternatives in terms of OS and office applications for the PC world.

By: dogbert

dogbert — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:21:46 +0000

And he’s faithful to his wife and family, doesn’t hire gangsters to beat up people, isn’t pompous, got where he is because of his own smarts, and started a charitable foundation that he has extensively funded, and has already done a hell of a lot of good.

Yes, I certainly see the similarities.

By: WangKon936

WangKon936 — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:09:48 +0000

The Korean chaebols admire much about MS. Besides, Bill Gates also has a lot in common with chaebol bosses. He likes to unilaterally dominate industries, make excess cashflow in virtual monopolies and justify it all by promising to donate billions to society!

By: andy

andy — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:08:44 +0000

What’s it with Korean chaebols and Microsoft? It seems like they are dying to get a chance to sign LOIs with MS?

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:46:07 +0000

Great, a car filled with some trojan virus — yeah, I could really use one of those. It is bad enough trying to get a repairman to work on a newer model car’s electronics and software as it is.

I am beginning to feel like a Luddite . . .

By: WangKon936

WangKon936 — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:19:57 +0000

“It certainly isn’t integrated with any car function such as ABS, power steering, etc.”

Uh… not currently. Who know’s how far Microsoft’s octopus tentacle like arms will want to extend into other industries and markets. 10 years from now you may just say “Car On” and the computer (and software?) onboard will recognize your voice patterns and fire the ignition.

By: seouldout

seouldout — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:16:33 +0000

Steering.exe has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

Followed by a dialogue box asking if you’d like to report the error to MS.

Brings a new meaning to the term car crash.

But really this is just a voice command system; all it does is read text messages to you or let you pick a song by name from your MP3 player. It certainly isn’t integrated with any car function such as ABS, power steering, etc.