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[elfs]

Bill Gates said today to the Seattle PI: "Well, we don't know everything Google is up to, but we do know their slogan and we disagree with that."

Quick, what's Google's slogan? Don't Be Evil.

Comments

[lionman.livejournal.com]

Ah, now that's just funny.

[shaterri.livejournal.com]

Not that this isn't a fantastic joke, but... uhhh, where? I'm looking at the P-I interview (here) and don't see any such...

[(Anonymous)]

Here (http://news.com.com/Gates+on+Google/2008-1082_3-5863514.html).

Apparently the slogan he was referring to is, "Organizing the world's information," or something similar. I've never heard that one.

Jeremy

[mouser.livejournal.com]

Then he needs to learn the difference between "slogan" and "mission statement"

But (after searching the web) many need to learn the diference between "slogan" and "logo"

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

They think Google's evil? Or they object to *not* being Evil? *snerk*

[yohannon.livejournal.com]

Actually, I can completely picture what happened. When you're the Big Bad, you KNOW you have a big, neon target strapped to your back. He knew the slogan was a semi-subtle slam against M$, and disagreed with THAT.

Essentially he forgot to SAY it that way. Sort of the opposite of blurting it out, he just thought it so loudly he didn't realize what he was implying.

And yes, I'm speaking as a geek who, despite having a fairly solid grasp of the english language, manages to do exactly the same thing on a depressingly regular basis.

~Y~

Wrong attribution:

[(Anonymous)]

That quote is from an interview on CNET news.com:

http://news.com.com/Gates+on+Google+What%2C+me+worry/2008-1082_3-5863514.html?tag=nefd.pop