Thursday, January 05, 2006

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Gates aims barbs at dueling formats

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Gates aims barbs at dueling formats: "Bill Gates' annual speech Wednesday to open the Consumer Electronics Show had the usual funny bits and views on future technology. But the Microsoft chairman also used the podium to fire a volley in a war over digital media formats that's erupting at the massive trade show and threatening to replay the VHS-Betamax fiasco of the early 1980s."

Also see the article for a classic picture of the CES keynoter stepping out of his limo with an armful of paper and a McDonalds bag.

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