Earlier this week Bill Gates said there was
an 80 percent chance Windows Vista would ship in January 2007 as scheduled. At the time I said "I wouldn't make any bets with odds like that," and neither would Mac developer Wil Shipley--he wants to bet Bill $10,000 that Vista
won't ship by next January, and he's giving the Microsoft chairman 3 to 1 odds (which, for the math-challenged, is better than Bill's 80%, or 4:1). Of course, Gates will never take him or anyone else (except maybe
Ballmer or Allchin) up on that bet, but it would be nice to see him put his money, as Shipley says, where his mouth is.
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Subscribe to commentsShep EddyJul 14th 2006 7:33PM
I'll give you $10,000 if you promise never to run that Tiger Beat photo of Bill Gates ever again. It is just too creepy.
Textbook CaseJul 15th 2006 5:33AM
Nice piece of marketing that, although after reading it I'd never touch Delicious Monster for anything. "I'm just some dude with a blog and a fistful of design awards." What a knob.
The bet is about on the order of someone betting me half a stale donut that I'll be late to work this week. It's completely off the radar the stakes are so low to Bill, and Wil knows this, which make his article about exactly the subject he enjoys most, himself.
Now I know who those Mac vs. PC ads are targeted at.
xxdesmusJul 16th 2006 9:18AM
I'll give you 4:1 odds that Apple doesn't increase it's market share like some people are suggesting.
There, I said it.