May 27, 2005
CEOs take in a load, Ted Waitt hits the road
Cranky columnist continues celibacy streak
Recommend ThisMy bad luck with women just continues. Lindsay Lohan isn't returning my voice mails (maybe that Pat O'Brien impersonation was a bad idea). The ex-programmer I met online isn't up for parole until 2008. Even the occasional PR babes I run into look at me like I just hurled on their Manolos -- and they're paid to be friendly. Looks like another long, lonely summer.
Valley of the dollars: The San Jose Merc has published the annual salaries for top Silicon Valley CEOs, and it seems they've given themselves a well-deserved raise. Median income in 2004 was about $760,000, or 26 percent higher than last year's haul. Of course, $760K would barely pay for Terry Semel's valet parking; Yahoo's top dog took home a cool $231 million in stock options. Bringing up the rear was Apple El Jefe Steve Jobs, who collected a salary of $1, or just enough to cover the cost of a song on iTunes. (May I suggest "Po' Boy Blues"?)
Barns ennobled: Ted Waitt has finally walked away from the company he started inside a barn 20 years ago. (But not before settling a $150 million beef with Microsoft over overcharging for Windows license fees.) During his two decades at Gateway, the former chairman and longtime CEO managed to milk a personal fortune estimated at $1.4 billion. It appears the cows have finally come home.
Young@heart: When Cringester Linda L. tried to check her Hotmail account, Microsoft's Passport service mistook the 50-ish Linda for a 5-year-old and demanded some ID. She had to ask her elderly parents for permission (and a valid credit card number). I've always said using Microsoft products takes years off your life.
Don't make me come over there: The European Commission has given Microsoft a deadline of May 31 to distribute a working version of XP sans Windows Media Player, or face fines of $5 million a day. Rivals have claimed that initial versions of Windows XP Home Edition N (as in, No Media Player) are dysfunctional. How could they tell?
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