After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> Microsoft Memories
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | At some point in your presentation billg will say "that's the dumbest
> | fucking idea I've heard since I've been at Microsoft." He looks like
> | he means it. However, since you knew he was going to say this, you
> | can't really let it faze you. Moreover, you can't afford to look
> | fazed; remember: he's a bully.
> `----
>
> http://blog.tomevslin.com/2007/05/microsoft_memor.html
And
"Two problems with this approach: one is that kinder and gentler
people, who may be still be very smart, get stomach aches and other
unpleasant symptoms when they gave to confront bullying. Microsoft
lost out on some people who could have contributed but couldn't
take this kind of heat. Second problem is that the bullying gets
emulated down the line. There was nothing quite as absurd as a
newly-hired college graduate thinking he could be as smart or rich as
billg if he could only manage to be as rude."
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| At that point, Mr. Ballmer picked up a chair and threw it across the
| room hitting a table in his office. Mr. Ballmer then said: "Fucking Eric
| Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I'm going to fucking bury that guy, I have
| done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to fucking kill Google."
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