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Posting from Las Vegas ... It's a Consumer Electronics Show tradition to trot out celebrities in an attempt to dazzle the crowd, and Microsoft didn't disappoint in that regard during Bill Gates' keynote here tonight.
The night ended with Microsoft executive Robbie Bach challenging Gates to a "Guitar Hero" duel. After Bach brought out a "Guitar Hero" champion to stand in for him on the old Guns N' Roses tune "Welcome to the Jungle," Gates said he had a ringer, too: Slash, the former Guns N' Roses guitarist.
Earlier in the night, Microsoft showed a video spoofing Gates' retirement plans, featuring a long list of celebrities and political figures, including Jon Stewart, Bono, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, George Clooney, Steven Spielberg and others.
Update, Monday morning: Here's the spoof video of Gates' last day.
Update, Tuesday morning: That video appears to be gone. Try this one on YouTube.
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Posted by unregistered user at 1/7/08 4:46 a.m.
Slash is the man!
Love Velvet Revolver.