A challenge to Bill Gates (was: Interact)

It appears that what we need to do is to find a way to set the record straight on this, such as for Bill Gates to make an appearance on this list. Perhaps some of him have, or haven't, misjudged him, but, if will show up here, perhaps we could withold the flames until we find out how the _real_ Bill Gates thinks about computers and operating systems. What I'd like to really know is what he'd like to see an operating system be like if he could start over again from scratch. If Mr. Gates was challenged to design the ultimate operating system that was both easy for computer neophytes to use, yet also hacker friendly so that people who like to hack hardware and software would also feel at ease with it, which could support many users at one time, and also had excellent security, and with a reasonable degree of backwards compatibility with modems, hard drives and networking, etc., what sort of idea would he arrive at? This group, and participants in it, with all of their knowledge of classic computers, could provide a wealth of knowledge for helping to design such a system.

respect such privacy, but can he change, for _his own benefit_? He has wealth and power, but still has a lot of disrespect - which, I'm sure he'd like to turn to true heartfelt respect.

If Bill Gates truly wants to achieve lasting greatness and respect, and be someone that his descendents will be able to look back on with much admiration, things which he still has a chance to do, perhaps he will. Will he accept the challenge? I doubt that he'll ever see this message; however, should he read it, what will he think? After all, he is in an excellent position to lead the way in making many _beneficial_ changes.