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David Strom June 18 2008

Giving thanks to 20 years of Bill Gates: And what the future of IT will be without him. David Strom June 18 2008. David Strom 1972: Enters Union 1976: Receives BA in Math 1978: Receives MS in Operations Research Today: networth, priceless, salary: > $10/yr. Sergey and Larry

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David Strom June 18 2008

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  1. Giving thanks to 20 years of Bill Gates: And what the future of IT will be without him David Strom June 18 2008

  2. David Strom 1972: Enters Union 1976: Receives BA in Math 1978: Receives MS in Operations Research Today: networth, priceless, salary: > $10/yr Sergey and Larry 1972: Not yet born 1976: Toddlers 1978: Don’t know much about O.R. Today: Networth: > $18B each, salary < $10.yr Bill Fairchild introduction

  3. Outline • Giving thanks to Bill • 1988 and now • Your favorite stories • The future

  4. We began preparations years ago • Letterman video about Bill’s retirement http://youtube.com/watch?v=V_o9isZY5h0

  5. Bill Gates is still richer than you

  6. Key points

  7. The Web has become a dynamic place, especially for our students • Send in your homework • Find last year’s exam answers • Plagiarize your assignments • Find a date • Find a roommate • Sell their stuff

  8. The only keyboard Windows needs

  9. Thanks, Bill!

  10. Microsoft stock value

  11. One reason for Bill’s retirement: Demos! http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9804/20/gates.comdex/gates.30.240.mov

  12. Words in the Microsoft lexicon • Fear, uncertainty and doubt • We are on a product death march • Our software is now code complete • And is now released to manufacturing • Buy a Vista-ready PC • We are not monopolists • Cut off Netscape’s air supply • Abort, retry, reboot

  13. Thanks for killing off • DOS 4.0 • Windows ME • OS/2 (all versions) • Lotus 1-2-3 • Netware • Word Perfect • Netscape • Bob • WebTV • [Your favorites here]

  14. Back in 1982, Bill said in PC Magazine Issue #1: • “We’ll be able to write big fat programs. We can let them run somewhat inefficiently because there will be so much horsepower out there.” • “300 MB hard drives in the $10-$15,000 range” • “We are still not at a stage where I would tell my mother just to go out and buy a PC” • “You have to be a real bits and bytes man to get that Apple to play any kind of decent musical tone”

  15. Let’s go back to 1988 for a moment

  16. What did my Union dorm room look like?

  17. My daughter’s dorm room today • Three laptop computers (Mac and Windows) w/ wireless Internet access and built-in Web cams • Five iPods (two to workout with) with 4,000 tracks • Two digital cameras • Two cell phones and one landline that is rarely used • TV, DVD and cable hookup • Microwave, mini fridge supplied by the college • Stacks of DVDs and a few CDs to complete the p2p downloaded tunes

  18. Fond memories of our first PCs • Mine was a HP 85 (+$3,000, 1980)

  19. Price drops • 10 years ago, a typical PC base price was $5,500 • 1 MB RAM, 40 MB disk, 16 MHz CPU • Then add 2 MB RAM for $1,700 • Monitors were around $750 - $1,000 (12” VGA) • You were at $10,000 before you knew it! • This doesn’t mean we should cut our fees, though!

  20. Now look at what kind of storage you can buy

  21. What has succeeded despite Microsoft • Spreadsheets, and not just for numbers either • Linux and all that open source stuff • Apache and the Web • Apple’s iPod • Macintoshes • Windows NT and now XP

  22. Thanks also to Google! • Web-based email: Gmail (vs Hotmail) • Search (vs MSN) • Web mashups (maybe Silverlight and Popfly)

  23. We’ll miss the Jobs/Gates matchups http://youtube.com/watch?v=gtCJHyFhB48

  24. Windows is great job security

  25. Size of Microsoft’s OSs

  26. 20 years of lawsuits too! • 1989: Apple sues over Windows UI • 1994: Dept. of Justice, Windows • 1994: Stac, disk compression: wins $126 million • 1995: Wang, OLE: wins and then disappears • 1996: Caldera, DR-DOS: annoys entire Linux world • 1997: Borland, their ex-employees • 1998: Dept. of Justice, browser tactics • 2003: Real Network, media player • Various: Sun, $2 Billion payout!

  27. Overall, lawsuits have cost Microsoft $9 Billion! • At one time, more than 130 concurrent suits!

  28. The true Windows default settings

  29. Your stories

  30. Looking toward the future

  31. The Web today

  32. Mashups and rich apps

  33. Twitter and live personalized broadcasts

  34. Are you my friend yet or what?

  35. P2p networks

  36. CMS vs. the Web

  37. Virtualization is the new clustering

  38. The Greening of IT

  39. So thanks again Bill for the memories • Questions and comments • Enjoy your prizes David Strom (310) 857-6867 http://strominator.com

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