Comments on: Bill Gates Might Do Better if he Talked to God

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:46:57 +0000

Left Wing Fox,Ah, Victorian Parlor Syndrome. The need to put something, anything, in every space available. Named after the Victorian British middle class practice of putting something, anything, in every space available. Usually little knick knacks and gee gaws most often purchased to exhibit the owner’s newly attained middle class status.I suspect their model was the American bachelor apartment, a disorganized mess.

By: Left_Wing_Fox

Left_Wing_Fox — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:13:41 +0000

Actually, part of the reason BB failed was BECAUSE it needed upgrades and patches. Buggy, slow-as-molasses on even cutting edge systems, and still failed to do what it set out to do:make computing easier to understand. It created a room environment where people clicked on objects to do tasks. But since the environment was so cluttered, it turned into an easter egg hunt for basic functionality, while advanced features were left out completely. It basically turned your daily desktop experience into a poorly done LucasArts adventure game.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:43:10 +0000

I think those three failed because one day somebody at Microsoft woke up and realized, they won’t require upgrades or patches. So it was bury the project some place deep where nobody would find it again.Whereto talking to God. That’s the problem, people who talk to God are talking to God.Archangel Gabriel: God? There’s this guy talking to you. Aren’t you going to answer him?God: I would, but he won’t shut up long enough to listen.