http://youtube.com/watch?v=fj3FOHc-fgA
"Avertisers, Avertisers, Avertisers"
From minister of FUD and propaganda, Steve Ballmer
A look into Microsoft's corporate culture.
How Microsoft Is Learning to Love Online Advertising
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| When Joanne Bradford joined Microsoft Corp. in 2001 as head of
| online advertising sales, it quickly became clear to her that
| advertising was a lower life form at the software giant. Her direct
| boss called her ideas "stupid," she recalls. In one meeting in 2004,
| a representative of General Motors Corp. berated her for Microsoft's
| terrible service.
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| Ms. Bradford had run afoul of a Microsoft corporate culture that
| elevated technology above all else. The bias would soon haunt the
| company as it struggled to compete with Google Inc., a company that
| rose to prominence through the power of online advertising. For
| Microsoft, says company Vice President Yusuf Mehdi,
| "advertising was a bad word."
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http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB116365166223324849-lMyQjAxMDE2NjEzNjYxNTYxWj.html
What a nice company. I guess "security" was another bad word. And now
everyone suffers (not only Windows users)...
Microsoft : Arrogance leads to Vulnerability
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| Chatting with the Microsoft senior sales people, I was struck by
| their incredible arrogance. They know the company?s products are good,
| but they have no qualms whatsoever about charging top dollar as a
| result.
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| It reminds us how Microsoft used to behave when it comes to their
| products' security records. IE5 and 6 were nothing short of being
| proper Swiss Cheese with loads of holes in them but hey, they had 95%
| of the browser market at that time and couldn't care less.
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http://securityblog.itproportal.com/?p=514
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