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Re: Mother's ire puts Ballmer on defence over Vista

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Linonut on Tuesday 16 October 2007 00:14 : \____
> 
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>> 
>>> ____/ Linonut on Friday 12 October 2007 12:53 : \____
>>>
>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, [H]omer belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>>> 
>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx spake thusly:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/0A1014175338BB9ACC257371000CCF44
>>>>>
>>>>> Ballmer: "Users appreciate the value that we put into Vista"
>>>> 
>>>> It's Ballmer Bullshit (BBS).
>>>
>>> Wasn't that Bill's BS?
>> 
>> Both.  According to Ray Noorda:  "Pearly" Gates and "Em" Ballmer.  One
>> would dazzle you with visions, the other would put your business on the
>> slab.
>> 
>> Pretty funny for a guy (Ballmer) who:
>> 
>>    "... honed his marketing skills at Procter & Gamble, where he helped
>>    sell Duncan Hines's Moist & Easy product line."
>> 
>> "Moist & Easy" Ballmer?
>  
> Yeah, I remember that! :-) Even quoted it somewhere. The Shark has pearly
> teeth...
> 
> Still trying to figure out if you could call a leaping baboon "a shark". With
> animals, ascribing one's behavioural characteristics using animal comparisons
> can get a tad confusing.
> 

Wow - how could anyone get away with a marketing tag line of "moist and
easy". 



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