Even more worth a laugh is the Surface presentation where both the presentation model and the backup both froze.
Yeah I think the industry learned from Bill Gates' flub when demoing Win98.
gullible@kbin.social 11 months ago
Yeah I think the industry learned from Bill Gates' flub when demoing Win98.
Even more worth a laugh is the Surface presentation where both the presentation model and the backup both froze.
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That was an early beta of Win95, very iconic. He famously closed the laptop, smiled, and said “I guess that’s why we’re not shipping yet.”
And yes, that’s exactly the kind of situation you want to avoid on stage.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Right. You definitely want to avoid that because Bill Gates is a billionaire and Windows still dominates the market. Looks like Microsoft paid a heavy price for that transparency.