Only Apples @ Microsoft

This is just hilarious. When Bill gates spoke to a group of invited bloggers at the Microsoft HQ in Redmond, he was confronted with a room full of Apple Laptops. Not a single blogger present was using a PC laptop with Windows. They even set up a local WiFi network via an Airport.

The look on Bill Gates’ face obviously goes in the category of priceless things you just cannot buy. Oh, how I wish I could have been there.

The Master of the Windows Empire also gave some interesting insight about his position towards the whole DRM thing. He believes Digital Rights Management isn’t really there yet. Here’s his advice so far:

People should just buy a cd and rip it. You are legal then.

Absolutely right Bill. Unless you buy a CD with copy protection where circumventing it would be a violation of the DCMA (Digital Copyright Millenium Act. Plus, I start to take bets on when his publicly voiced view towards DRM’ed music will change. My bet: the very day Microsoft gains a real share in the online music market, competing head to head with Apple. Then he will argue that DRM actually is a good thing. Count on it.

Read the original article on Techcrunch and the short version at MacWorld UK.