You know, when movie and TV producers want to depict the quintessential computer nerd, they usually present a character that bears more than a passing resemblance to Bill Gates. However, in the real world, Gates is more of a marketing genius than a programming genius. While he has certainly written some software in his time, [...]

It’s been a while since I felt the need to explode with a short commentary about a pressing issue in the tech world. This week, you have to wonder about the possible impact of the planned near-departure of Bill Gates from Microsoft. The richest man in the world and perhaps the world’s most famous computer [...]

Let me set this straight from the get-go: I am not a psychiatrist, nor do I play one on TV. But all you need is common sense to determine whether some people and/or corporations are somehow deluded.
Take Microsoft, please. In response to antitrust complaints, poor Bill Gates says that all he wants to do is [...]