Tag Archives: microsoft

Olympic BSOD

Anybody catch this on the DVR?  Apparently one of the computers used for projection during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics crashed, which put a Blue Screen of Death up for a second or two.  Ouch.  Another good reason to use Linux for mission critical applications.  Gizmodo has the full story.

Bird's Nest BSOD

Even Bill Gates hates Microsoft.com

Gizmodo turned up this extremely enlightening email from Bill Gates in 2003. He tried to download Microsoft MovieMaker from his company’s own website and after many difficulties, he still didn’t get it working. Nice to know we’re not the only ones that have trouble with Microsoft’s stuff!