Oh Ballmie. Poor Ballmie. Always getting hassled by the media. Some of these quotes are pretty funny, though. My favorites include: 3. "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches." 7. "Google’s not a real company. It’s a house of cards." and 8. "There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance." Ten Absolutely Stupid Quotes By Steve Ballmer [Learn More About Your Linux] → Read More
Oh Ballmie. You so crazy. I love following your antics, especially when it comes to Google. Don’t ever change, kay? Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer recently referred to his company as a three year old child playing basketball against a 12-year old (Google). The three year old is named Johnny. → Read More
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Unless, of course, that woman is also a mother. Then the fury the likes of which hell hath no (?) is actually a bit worse. Such was the case today at a conference in Orlando when supermom/analyst Yvonne Genovese let Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer know what she thinks about Vista. Her reasons for disliking Vista are pretty much the same as every other complaint we’ve been hearing about the operating system so far and Ballmer did a fine job of pulling things like end user, value, early adoption, customer feedback, and security out of his buzzword arsenal to defend Vista. So not a lot of new complaints here but an interesting read nonetheless. It’s also kind of amusing to see people get bent out of shape at various company bigwigs who perhaps aren’t used to being yelled at all that often. Mother’s ire puts Ballmer on defense over Vista [Computerworld] → Read More
Some would argue that coming after Google’s online advertising crown might be an exercise in futility. Yet that’s what Microsoft’s gunning for, according to mild-mannered Steve Ballmer. And don’t think that Microsoft is trying to simply slice itself the tiniest sliver of the pie like your typical type-A friend that eats vicariously through everyone else, no sir. Microsoft wants to be the Doug Heffernan of online advertising. “We are hell-bent and determined to allocate the talent, the resources, the money, the innovation to absolutely become a powerhouse in the ad business,” says Ballmer. I’ve learned that when Steve Ballmer starts getting riled up about something, it’s usually because Microsoft’s getting pantsed by a more agile, innovative competitor. With Google way out in front with a 57.4% share of web searches, Yahoo! a distant second at 22.9%, and Microsoft pulling up the rear with a measly 8.8%, the boys and girls in Redmond are going to have an uphill battle, hell-bent or not. Ballmer: We are ‘hell-bent’ on succeeding in ads [CNet News.com] → Read More
Looks like the folks on the other side of the pond won’t be seeing Zune’s in time for Christmas after all. Steve Ballmer has made it clear that the Zune won’t be shipping over seas until sometime in 2008. So why the adamant statement? It’s pretty simple, really, MS is still losing money on the Zune and it doesn’t make much sense spending more money when they haven’t even sold one million units. Don’t worry, you’re not missing out on too much. I kid, I kid. No Microsoft Zune for Europe in 2007 [i4u] → Read More
