Chris Kohler
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Bill Gates: Sony Could Make Bricks and People Will Buy Them

Bill Gates comments to Cnet on the PlayStation 3 launch: I mean, we know what it’s like to be a year late. We feel great about the position that we’re in. And, of course, they’re going to sell a lot in Japan. You know, Sony can make 80,000 bricks, and people would buy them. So […]

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Bill Gates comments to Cnet on the PlayStation 3 launch:

I
mean, we know what it's like to be a year late. We feel great about the position that we're in. And, of course, they're going to sell a lot in
Japan.

You know, Sony can make 80,000 bricks, and people would buy them. So the real competition--you're going to see the impact of our innovation and all the momentum we have in Christmas 2007. This Christmas, the story is: XBox 360 is going to sell super-well, and they'll sell the rounding error amounts they can make.

Man. Admittance of Japan-failure aside, that is like, one zing after another after another. "Rounding error." He might as well have just insulted their mama.

Gates on Vista, Linux and more [Cnet, via 1up; pic: Kotaku]