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• Finally – a fan of those adverts :-)

  Jeff loves the new Windows ads – but then you’d expect him to – as he’s a Microsoftee, but actually there’s been a lot of comments internally from techies who actually hate the adverts. I’ve been saying how much I like them – not because I’m internal... Posted Sep 16 2008, 10:21 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: General musings, Information, Bill Gates, Jerry Seinfeld, adverts

• The very last town hall meeting from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer

  I was really touched to listen to Bill Gates’ last Q&A session on Friday at the employee town hall meeting and sad to see them both with tears in their eyes.  it’s obvious that Bill and Steve have a lot of deep affection for each other as the... Posted Jun 30 2008, 04:42 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: General musings, Bill Gates, Ray Ozzie, J Allard, Jeff Raikes, traf-o-data, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation

• Bill Gates: The Road Ahead..

  This week marks the last week that Bill Gates is a full time Microsoft employee and begins focusing his time on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .  To me this marks and end of an era and a time of significant change.  This past year I passed... Posted Jun 26 2008, 02:58 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: news, Events, General musings, Bill Gates, Techy and Cool, Musings

• Looking at Bill Gates’ photo album

  I found this lovely slideshow on CNN of Bill Gates’ early photos and hearing him talk about them. It’s almost as if he’s sitting next to you on the sofa, flicking through some prints This image is one of his early business cards and it’s interesting to... Posted Jun 25 2008, 07:58 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: news, General musings, Bill Gates, CNN

• Rumours of Microsoft's demise...

  ...have been greatly exaggerated This made me laugh. Mark sent this photo around - he spotted it at one of the Academic team events last week and it was too good not to share with a wider audience. (Bletchley park is where the Enigma code was cracked... Posted Mar 19 2008, 07:46 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, General musings, Bill Gates, Bletchley Park