Microsoft Matrix transcript
SeattlePI | at | by Mike
Microsoft has asked various people who posted photos and video clips of the company's Matrix spoof to remove them from their sites, citing the restriction on photography after the initial minute of Bill Gates' Comdex speech. Those people have obliged, which means relatively few people outside of the 7,000 or so who saw the speech have seen the full video. (The company's official transcript also omits any specifics about it.)
In the meantime, though, the spoof has been brought up by various people seeking to derive from it insights into Microsoft's psyche. (Including once in the comments to a Linux-related post on this weblog.) So, in lieu of the video, I went back and transcribed the film's dialogue from my audio recording of the speech, adding in brackets my general recollection of what was happening on screen. (Here again is Reed Stevenson's recap, as well.) Reading the transcript doesn't quite compare to seeing the film itself, but for now it'll have to do.