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This week, Microsoft launched a new chapter in its new Windows advertising campaign. The dialogue all started with the Mojave Experiment (an experiment to see what people think of Windows Vista when they do not know its Vista), then the Gates & Seinfeld ads (I am still scratching my head on this one; I guess it got people to giggle a little and get a conversation going; confirmation that I am not a marketing guy), and now we have the I’m a PC ads and the overarching theme of Life without Walls.
OK. I like the I’m a PC ads. But “Life without Walls” makes me think and ask the question; if there are no walls in the future, does that mean there will be no windows???
We are quickly approaching Bill Gates last days at Microsoft. After the end of this month, Bill Gates is moving into full time philanthropy work at his foundation.
What an amazing life he has had, and what an amazing impact he has made, and continues to make!
Newsweek has an interesting piece this week on “Microsoft After Gates. (And Bill After Microsoft).
You will also find a great interview at Channel 9 on Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future. Gates talks about his own decisions, the future of Think Week (FYI – BillG commented on a Think Week Paper my colleagues and I worked on; all I can say is WOW…factory), Quests and the role of Chief Software Architect (CSA). He happens to also mention that Ray Ozzie will be speaking at PDC (this fall) about services in the cloud and stuff they’ve been working on for 3 years. He also discuss Windows 7 as it relates to cloud computing. Interesting insights…
And in case you never watched the funny Microsoft video spoof about Bill Gates Last Days here it is on YouTube.
An interesting time for Microsoft…and its founder.
All the best to you BillG!
