Nerve Endings Firing Away

The world’s richest man, Bill Gates appeared on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show last night to promote the launch of Windows Vista. The Daily Show interviews are always fun to watch because they are so different and the guests also are more relaxed that lets them joke around too. After Jon asked Bill what does the F12 key do [launches the SaveAs dialog in Office apps], Bill suggested he started at the beginning and move up gradually and also touted Vista’s parental control attributes for Jon’s parents. Jon freely admitted not knowing much about computers but Bill graciously asked him to call him up if he ran into any problems. Of course, he was joking and knowing Windows releases, he would be calling him more often than not. Bill also has a typical kid-like nerdy laughter. But he has always been a quirky character – the original nerd.
However, that is not what makes this interview special. As soon as the interview concluded, Bill left in a hurry that left even Jon Stewart speechless and made him remark, that he is a very busy man. The cameras were still rolling as the commercial break was coming on but we could see Bill get up, shake Jon’s hand and turn his back walking away even before the show cut for commercials. Admittedly, he is a busy man and was flying to London for the Vista launch there but would hanging around a few more seconds make him reach any quicker?

Hmmmm…I guess anything that keeps the buzz going is good. But Bill would rather have the buzz for Vista than him leaving the building in a hurry. Tongues are already wagging in the valley on the Gates apparent lack of protocol or courtesy [pics and video available].

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