Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Zune design meeting notes

This is an actual tele-conference between Bill Gates and the engineers heading up the design of the new Zune. Or else I just made this up and thought it was funny.

Bill Gates: I want you to make an iPod killer

engineer #1 But we are Microsoft. We don't know how to make anything. We don't even know what color to make it.

Bill Gates: Just do what we always do. Copy what Apple has already made. Use the same 2 colors as the iPod. Black and White. But add a third color too. NOW GET BUSY!

*click*

engineer #1: What did he say?

engineer #2: I think he said, "make a turd color too".

the rest is history.

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