Comments on: Gates Says Just Buy a CD and Rip It http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:04:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jon http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-500583 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:59:55 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-500583 I think Billy is out of touch with his corp.. I Have been doing comps since mid 1980s I used to love intell IBM products back in the day they messed up and ibm is paying for that. The same thing is gonna happen to microsoft look at vista compatable with hardley nothing software or drivers even the basic acrobat. This is the most upset i have ever been with a company. And i loved microsoft but if they dont stand behind and fix products they sell I SAY Die Microsoft. I think Billy is out of touch with his corp.. I Have been doing comps since mid 1980s I used to love intell IBM products back in the day they messed up and ibm is paying for that. The same thing is gonna happen to microsoft look at vista compatable with hardley nothing software or drivers even the basic acrobat. This is the most upset i have ever been with a company. And i loved microsoft but if they dont stand behind and fix products they sell I SAY Die Microsoft.

]]> by: David Gross http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-92081 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:37:36 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-92081 I agree with Bill, just buy a CD (if you like most of the songs on it) and rip it. Besides that there are other ways to get songs like Limewire. I agree with Bill, just buy a CD (if you like most of the songs on it) and rip it. Besides that there are other ways to get songs like Limewire.

]]> by: methodshop http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-92073 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:02:45 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-92073 is anyone else pissed that these bloggers all wrote Microsoft fluff pieces after flying out to see Gates? Want some positive blogger buzz about your product or service? Maybe you should just buy it like Bill Gates. Once you factor in the total cost of this stunt (free flights, Zunes, hotel rooms), I wonder how much Gates paid per letter for a handful of blog posts? And should corporate blogs like Micro Persuasion and GigaOm, who have venture-capital financing and/or big name PR firms, really be accepting free stuff and sacrificing their objectivity? How cheap are your personal ethics? is anyone else pissed that these bloggers all wrote Microsoft fluff pieces after flying out to see Gates?

Want some positive blogger buzz about your product or service? Maybe you should just buy it like Bill Gates. Once you factor in the total cost of this stunt (free flights, Zunes, hotel rooms), I wonder how much Gates paid per letter for a handful of blog posts?

And should corporate blogs like Micro Persuasion and GigaOm, who have venture-capital financing and/or big name PR firms, really be accepting free stuff and sacrificing their objectivity?

How cheap are your personal ethics?

]]> by: db. http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-92069 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:31:52 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-92069 "Buy an artist out for life" Like Micheal Jackson did with the Beatles? “Buy an artist out for life”
Like Micheal Jackson did with the Beatles?

]]> by: Pramit http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-92008 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:48:16 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-92008 MediaVidea has 5 questions for Bill Gates. http://mediavidea.blogspot.com/2006/12/5-questions-for-bill-gates.html MediaVidea has 5 questions for Bill Gates.
http://mediavidea.blogspot.com/2006/12/5-questions-for-bill-gates.html

]]> by: Charles http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-91945 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:09:31 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-91945 Bill has it right. Anyone with any commone sense won't buy music online. Just buy the CD. I tried Yahoo's subscription service and that sucked too. Not is an artist's entire collection not there, but some CD might have several songs as 'previews'. Lame. Bill has it right. Anyone with any commone sense won’t buy music online. Just buy the CD.

I tried Yahoo’s subscription service and that sucked too. Not is an artist’s entire collection not there, but some CD might have several songs as ‘previews’. Lame.

]]> by: R Badger http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-91940 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:37:32 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-91940 "Buy an artist out for life"... what did he mean? Memory suggests looking at the experience of professional photographers who wanted to sell works through Bill's Corbis photo service. I seem to recall the terms to sell anything included relinquishing the publication rights to your entire life's work. For some people everything has to have a price tag. “Buy an artist out for life”… what did he mean? Memory suggests looking at the experience of professional photographers who wanted to sell works through Bill’s Corbis photo service. I seem to recall the terms to sell anything included relinquishing the publication rights to your entire life’s work. For some people everything has to have a price tag.

]]> by: SomeDumbGuy http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-91934 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:47:00 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3942#comment-91934 Are you sure that said look isn't from finding out the cost to upgrade all of his computers to be able to run Vista? Are you sure that said look isn’t from finding out the cost to upgrade all of his computers to be able to run Vista?

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