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

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

$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 :)

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

Reminds me of 'Rushmore'..

"I WROTE A HIT PLAY!"

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

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.

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