>GATES: The idea of how you run software development properly is not something you can capture in a few sentences. It's how you hire people, organize people, how you plan the spec, how you let it change, how you do the testing, how you get feedback from customers. IBM's only real software success had been with mainframes, where they were the only choice. Consequently IBM didn't develop those processes very well.
>PLAYBOY: Could that be happening to Microsoft now? In terms of corporate power, your company has been called the new IBM.
>GATES: I've thought about that, but I don't think so.
I'd like to hear his answer to that from 2000, 2005, and today. I feel like most people would agree Microsoft has fallen victim to a similar lack of bureaucratic vision.
>PLAYBOY: Could that be happening to Microsoft now? In terms of corporate power, your company has been called the new IBM.
>GATES: I've thought about that, but I don't think so.
I'd like to hear his answer to that from 2000, 2005, and today. I feel like most people would agree Microsoft has fallen victim to a similar lack of bureaucratic vision.