Except for a video sketch that hinted at and made fun of the company's legal troubles, Gates himself didn't make any mention of the government's antitrust case against Microsoft, which could lead to the division of Microsoft into two independent companies.
As one awful year for the euro zone made way for another, the German television network ARD digitally retouched the original sketch to create a spoof of European Union summits.
When he eventually brought together a design team he used one simple sketch, which he'd made in Cannes, and made one of the world's most innovative cars.