__/ [ arachnid ] on Friday 28 July 2006 20:21 \__
> On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:13:42 +0000, 7 wrote:
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Ballmer to Wall St: we always back a winner
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | At about this point, investors must have been hankering for the
>>> | security of Office, and client and server operating systems. With
>>> | Windows Vista bedevilled by delays, Ballmer promised: "We will never
>>> | repeat this experience with Windows again. We will never have a
>>> | five-year gap between flagship products."
>>> |
>>> | Pressed to explain what the company has done to avoid delays, Ballmer
>>> | said - chiefly - it had learned the classic lesson of promising too
>>> | much in one go. He said he shared this mistake jointly with Bill Gates,
>>> | Craig Mundie chief research and strategy officer and Jim Allchin,
>>> | co-president for platforms and services. "We tried to incubate too many
>>> | new things and integrate them simultaneously rather than let them bake.
>>> | There was too much complexity. We worked down that path for a while and
>>> | said it wouldn't work. We re-booted where we were.
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>>
>>> That last line opens the door to many jokes.
>>
>> Roy you bar steward. Your just deserts need to be served.
>>
>>
>> "Blammer reboots micoshaft and loses track of all his work."
>
> "Microsoft BSOD's"
Microsoft rebooted, but that didn't solve the problem. It was time to wipe
and start all over again.
Ballmer abuses Puppy Linux: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4aPGtx7e6k
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