An interesting interview by a leading geek blogger.
Here’s a snip – the rest is here.
Gizmodo: How do you guys feel about setting up a blog—there’s the whole aspect of personal publishing that’s sort of big right now, where people are sort of looking at citizen journalism, and that individuals should start to get some of the same rights of the press that other, bigger organizations should have. Do you guys have any internal policy, or at least general direction for that? Let’s say somebody in China sets up a blog that says some dissident things—is that something that you guys don’t really care [about], or are you going to have to manage that?
Gates: Well, we’re very proud of the role of the PC in allowing lots of voices to exist and make them accessible. Historically, the publishing baron in the city had a very high share of voice, and they didn’t even need to employ the best writers, because they had kind of the unique distribution. As more and more reading gets online, the ability to get to lots of different things, and the competition and quality that takes will be pretty amazing.
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