Quote from Gamespot:
"It turns out Gates' comment was an off-the-cuff remark made at a cocktail reception after Microsoft's July 29 analyst presentation. "He was just saying that he would talk to Yamauchi on the phone," an informed source told GameSpot. "His comments were taken way out of context.""
It's ridiculous to talk about this, and it seems people want to just so they can knock MS some more.