I just stumbled across this internal email exchange at ... • Aaron Parecki

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I just stumbled across this internal email exchange at Microsoft during the antitrust lawsuits and I am amazed at Bill Gates' detailed email complaining about the usability of trying to download Windows MovieMaker (spoiler: he can't figure it out) https://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/files/library/2003Jangatesmoviemaker.pdf

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Tue, May 29, 2018 8:17pm -07:00 #windows #microsoft

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Have you written a response to this? Let me know the URL:
- Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  
  By popular demand, and since seattlepi.com is blocking EU visitors due to the GDPR, I've reproduced the PDF email thread as a web page so you can actually read it!
  
  https://aaronparecki.com/2018/05/30/17/bill-gates-windows-usability.html
  
  Wed, May 30, 2018 2:20pm -07:00
- Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  
  gosh, for a PDF too! Give me a few minutes to copy this to a web page...
  
  Wed, May 30, 2018 7:18pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Kieren Johnstone river.red
  
  451 “not available in your region for legal reasons”. ... really?
  
  Wed, May 30, 2018 7:10pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Colin Wiseman twitter.com/colinwiseman
  
  Ahhh another company that wants to mishandle data of everyone else. 😜
  
  Wed, May 30, 2018 5:37am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Andrew Vijay twitter.com/andrewvijay
  
  It's brilliant. The fact that he took time to write such a long mail is amazing and also how soft he is in his tone! No wonder he got a lot of stuff done! I want to see a video where the recipient reads this email for the first time!!! 😂😂
  
  Wed, May 30, 2018 5:29am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Åke Brattberg www.akebrattberg.com
  
  #gdpr
  
  Wed, May 30, 2018 5:17am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Yuriy Dybskiy 🇨🇦 dybskiy.com
  
  please stumble upon more stuff like this. Super fun read 😆
  
  Wed, May 30, 2018 5:00am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
Other Mentions
- Cynthia Bell McGillis twitter.com/cynthiamcgillis
  
  A tale as old as time. 🕯
  
  “My take is that this web-experience mess spans many groups and deliverables, that we need one person/team to own the overall picture, driving it, tracking the experience, etc.”
  
  Wed, Jun 6, 2018 12:30pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Johannes Ernst upon2020.com
  
  I rest my complaints about Windows for all time. Bill Gates made them just so much better than I ever could.
  
  Wed, May 30, 2018 5:13pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Benjamin Encz blog.benjamin-encz.de
  
  Description of how bad Windows UX was gave me a headache.
  
  Email is at the bottom of the thread.
  
  Wed, May 30, 2018 1:18pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Luke Pierce www.worksentertainment.com
  
  Bill Gates’ @lefsetz Letter about Windows sucking is amazing. H/T @mboyle
  
  Wed, May 30, 2018 5:45am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Michael Boyle twitter.com/mboyle
  
  Bill Gates’ email is the funniest executive communication I think I’ve ever read.
  
  Wed, May 30, 2018 5:21am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)

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