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by w2ktechman

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Ok, this may be old news, but it's the first time I have seen it :^0

http://gizmodo.com/5019516/classic-clips-bill-gates-chews-out-microsoft-over-xp

Apparently Bill (in 03) tried to download MovieMaker -- had an issue, and sends this email later.
I guess it's not 'just me' who has problems finding things on MS's site (even when using the search). I guess things will never change...

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by boxfiddler

that this particular quote seems to be MS Mission Statement?

"So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated."

Thanks! :D :D :D

by wow > work

...but it seems fake. Sure it's been around for years. Probably no one has claimed it to be true or false.

Even if they have, there are just some spots that just make it seem fake.

/shrug

by the scummy one

there is a TO: line, a CC: line and a FROM: line :^0

Ok, I was skeptical, but here is another link

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/1
41821.asp

However, I am uncertain about the Seattlepi as well.
So, a little more browsing found
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080625/0032561508.sht
ml
Still uncertain about it,
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/print.asp?
entryID=141821

Hmm
http://digg.com/microsoft/Full_Text_An_Epic_E_mail_Ran
t_by_Bill_Gates

Ok, I havent found a truly reputable source, however I
havent found either (limited looking) that it was a hoax.

I can guess, but I dont really care too much, even if it is
false, it is still funny, and pretty much true (as for the
actions).

by boxfiddler

between grading tests. Meaning of course that I am simply skimming what I find and could easily miss something.

Checked Snopes, couldn't find it. Might have searched badly.

Still funny, though.

by the scummy one

In the seattle page, they just started a blog about Bill and life
without MS. That is where (from what I see) this 'popped up'
from.
I wonder if it has no been in mainstream news yet, because
it was not confirmed properly as of yet.
However, even at some reputable sites, it is only in the Blogs
section still.

by the scummy one

that it is you, or your email. It appears that your ISP and
Yahoo are messing with us :0

Your ISP blocked it since it was from a known SPAM
server, even adding to whitelist would do nothing.

And the failed delivery reply from your ISP's server went
straight into my SPAM folder :^0

Uh-Oh -- Did I just hijack W2K's thread???

by boxfiddler

I checked my whitelist, don't ever remember removing you, since that garden conversation some time ago. You're still there.

That's what you get for messin' with yahoo! :D

by boxfiddler

blindly emptying the SPAM folder. Earthlink has 2 levels of control - 1 is set entirely by them and called 'Known Spam'. The other is set by me and called 'Suspect Email'. The only 1 I cruise carefully is the 'Suspect Email'.

All joking aside, thanks for that. I have a couple different yahoo folks to watch out for.

by w2ktechman

Next they will add a folder called 'Virus', followed by a folder called 'Spyware' :^0

Yeah, Yahoo used to have just the trash folder, then they added a SPAM folder. I usually dont pay attention and just click on 'empty'. Hmm, I wonder how many emails that I wanted to see were in them?
When it was just trash, I used to look first.

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