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Gates: Phones should call person, not number

October 19, 2007, 12:00pm PDT | Length: 00:03:46
Microsoft CEO and Chairman Bill Gates sat down with CNET News.com's Ina Fried to discuss how Unified Communications software will finally modernize the business phone. Now if you want to reach people, you can just click and see if and how they're available, whether via phone, e-mail or instant message.
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    Yeh, good Bill. another with same name, ahh, need unique ID, better tattoo it on my arm so I don't forget who I am. Great, the little corporal was just ahead of his time.
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    cathar.gnostic@...
    9th Feb 2008
  • RE: Gates: Phones should call person, not number
    yeah right Bill, never changed your number?
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    topsecret@...
    9th Feb 2008
  • Amaxing and unbelievable how
    a person who built up MS can be so naive and just plain stupid. is he the only W Gates on the planet? let alone the privacy issue Imagine his own personal problem if the world could dial "Bill Gates" Please someone try and find his private number and when you do let me know - I have some questions i'd like answered. I am sure he would just love... to lend me his ear...
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    On Site PC
    12th Feb 2008
  • From a Business Perspective...
    I'd prefer to be able to dial up a role as opposed to the individual, so that even if the person in that role is away for any reason I am put through to the person acting in that role.

    Sounds awfully like the capabilities offered by good old X.400 Messaging utilising X.500 Directory Services, but it works in a business environment.
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    RossB
    13th Feb 2008
  • Bill' s RFID number is 666
    Not simply tattoos. Something that works over a distance. Just think a police state where police bullets can be "sent" to the receiver. Anyone and everyone can know where you are.

    Wait! That might be too simple for Bill. Maybe VM2 will stand for Virtual Minds too! Your brain digitized into software with a permanent Object ID and download-able to any place needed to off-line archives if not needed.

    Motto" "We never killed any person they are just on permanent off-line archive!!!"

    But wait! There's more! For jsut $19.99 each the government can modify your personality software to fit the greater needs.
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    wellduh
    20th Feb 2008
  • RE: Gates: Phones should call person, not number
    "..Embed This Video
    Copy the code below and paste it into your website. .."

    Will not work on Windows Live Spaces blogs.. Just strips the code out - says for security reasons. So had to delete, otherwise there would be a blank space.

    Embeds YouTube video's OK though...
    http://grahamlv.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!3CFD1D44F25A9B3D!190.entry

    How come they are OK?
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    graham.lv
    24th Mar 2008
  • This sounds like it was cooked up...
    ...by a geek who had a lot of girls give him fake numbers.
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    johnay
    27th Mar 2008

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