More Tech Troopers: Recreating iconic images from the life of Bill Gates
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The Tandy 2000
The Tandy 2000
ntThis image was inspired by a 1984 advertisement that featured Bill sitting in front of a Tandy 2000 computer running Windows 1.0. The Tandy 2000 featured a 80186 processor and a full color monitor and retailed for a mere $2,999.
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ntImage created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.
Bill gets pied
Bill gets pied
ntThis image was inspired by a February 1998 event in which Bill Gates was a entering a Flemish government building in Flanders to attend a meeting with government officials when a man jumped out and hit Bill in the face with a pie. The attack was caught on film by a news crew covering the event.
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ntImage created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.
The Sun workstation
The Sun workstation
ntThis image was inspired by a funny commercial for Internet Explorer in which Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer drive around town while listening to the song u201cDa Da Da (I Don’t Love You You Don’t Love Me Aha Aha Aha)u201d by the German band Trio. Along the way, they pick up an old Sun Sparc workstation from the trash and throw it in the back seat of the car. (The ad is a spin-off of a classic Volkswagen commercial.)
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ntImage created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.
The Windows 95 launch event
The Windows 95 launch event
ntThis Tech Trooper image was inspired by the Windows 95 launch event on August 24, 1995. Bill Gates stood on stage in front of a huge start button as the Rolling Stones song “Start Me Up” played in the background before he began speaking.
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ntImage created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.
A 2007 Visual Studio advertisement
A 2007 Visual Studio advertisement
ntThis image was inspired by a 2007 advertisement for Visual Studio and the Beginner Developer Learning Center that featured a young Bill Gates.
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ntImage created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.
The Windows Vista launch
The Windows Vista launch
ntBill Gates was very enthusiastic about the Vista operating system as he stood in front of the glossy Start orb at a launch event. As we all know, Vista turned out to be a tremendous blunder.
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ntImage created by Greg Shultz for TechRepublic.
