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Wil Shipley offers $10,000 bet to Gates that Vista doesn't ship by January


Bill Gates recently stated that he felt Vista had an 80% chance of shipping in January. He even said he'd be glad to delay it if beta testers say so. Apparently, this latest talk of Vista getting kicked back yet again was the last straw on Wil Shipley's back, as he has offered a $10,000 bet to Bill Gates that Vista doesn't ship by January. As you can see from his post, Wil doesn't have a very large spot in his heart for Microsoft, and - discussion of whether Bill will even see this, let alone respond, aside - I think it's a riot that someone has called out the world's largest (and, unofficially: most tardy to the party) software pimp on the planet like this.

By Gates' claim of 80%, Wil has 4 to 1 odds. Anyone feel like starting up a GuessVistasReleaseDate.com? Oh wait, Microsoft already did that.

[via Daring Fireball]

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artifex

Hey, Wil, is Delicious Library 2.0 going to ship by January?

July 15 2006 at 10:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DJ

$10,000? That's probably not even close to what Bill Gates makes in a nanosecond. That Schipley's such a douchebag.

LOL @ fight club. Hehehe :)

July 15 2006 at 10:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tape

actually, the Wil's odds would be 1-4, not 4-1.

July 15 2006 at 8:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris

Firstly, why is this on TAUW?

Secondly, why would Gate even consider a $10,000 bet. That is like me betting someone for 1,000,000,000th a penny (yeah, I'm that poor)?

Thirdly, Doesn't anyone else see the Vista delay as a good thing? MS is actually "attempting" to get a decent initial build. Plus, Vista's delay allows more refinements to be made to OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Fourthly, Do not talk about Fight Club!

July 14 2006 at 7:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
alex

don't you all get it? this is what we like to call a publicity stunt. and its working brilliantly. it doesnt matter if you think wil's attitude is brazen (i think it is). It doesnt matter if you like or dislike microsoft. What this writing does successfully is gets everyone to a)know his name and b)associate it with his product. There's no such thing as bad publicity...I bet he makes plenty of sales from all of the frenzy he's generating.

July 14 2006 at 6:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Don Wilson

Wow, what a jerkoff. "I've got a fistful (sic) of design awards." Congrats. You did all of this as a ploy to make money by selling your crappy Delicious Library? What a joke.

July 14 2006 at 4:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
b

i wish someone would put a sock in Wil Shipley's mouth. he comes across as an arrogant brat most of the time i read his writing.

July 14 2006 at 12:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Colin P

Reminds me of 'Rushmore'..

"I WROTE A HIT PLAY!"

Or, in this case, "I'VE GOT A HANDFUL OF DESIGN AWARDS!"

July 14 2006 at 12:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
spil

That's hularioius that Microsoft is actually having a contest to guess when it will come out. I bet they are only doing it to see when to release it: they get the guess most in the future, and add one year to that, and that is when they will release it.

July 14 2006 at 12:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nate

not a beta tester but i have it, dear bill: delay it

July 14 2006 at 12:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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