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Re: [News] Ballmer's Latest Linux FUD

  • Subject: Re: [News] Ballmer's Latest Linux FUD
  • From: arachnid <donthaveone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 16:23:37 -0500
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
  • References: <88257317.xZdmUshqDS@schestowitz.com> <slrne64cfg.fmr.jason@jason.websterscafe.com> <b2f462t868cr53o7od02j4khtduhb6bl5a@4ax.com> <slrne64gvk.gob.jason@jason.websterscafe.com>
  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:1108035
On Wed, 10 May 2006 19:59:27 GMT, Handover Phist
<jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>arachnid :
>> On Wed, 10 May 2006 18:39:47 GMT, Handover Phist
>><jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1147246213106960.xml&storylist=orlocal
>>>
>>>He comes across as if he's trying too hard to shrug off the Linux market
>>>penetration in this article. I can smell him sweating from here...
>>
>> What's the worst that happens - MS goes bankrupt and Ballmer is forced
>> to retire with "only" a few billion dollars in his bank account?
>
>God forbid he can only afford leather executive chairs for his workouts!

And he'll have to cut back to two lear jets, poor guy.

>Redmond would be forced to loose several thousand brainwashed
>programmers into the general labour pool to sink or swim in the deep
>end. They may have to work from home where there are no vending machine
>and there's no ping-pong table (the pool table and dart board in the
>basement bar will have to do).

Hey, I hear there's a *lot* of openings for programmers in India!


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