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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Accused of "Sheer Arrogance"

Gold'en Rant : Microsoft's arrogance is breath-taking

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| Microsoft is playing a dangerous game with its consumers and business users. 
| The software giant has confirmed the rumours circulating that it will pull 
| Windows XP from retail channels at the end of June, leaving users with Vista 
| as their only choice.   
| 
| The decision will come as a body blow for those businesses that have stayed 
| with Windows 2000 rather than upgrade to Vista, as support for Win2000 is 
| also quietly being phased out.  
| 
| [...]
| 
| 
| This is sheer arrogance. No-one really knows whether Windows 7 will be a 
| full-blown operating system or just an upgrade to Vista. I suspect the 
| latter. Your mileage may vary.  
| 
| Whatever happens, Microsoft's decision to pull XP from retail sale this 
| summer is going to upset a lot of users. 
| 
| [...]
| 
| 
| Yes, I understand Microsoft's need to extract revenue from its users. But 
| Vista has been a real disaster, so why not offer an annual support package 
| for Windows XP? Ah, that would be too sensible. And embarrass Microsoft, the 
| poor lambs...   
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http://www.portal.itproportal.com/articles/2008/04/18/golden-rant-microsofts-arrogance-breath-taking/


Related:

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| Besides the fact that all of the Microsoft employees I have ever encountered 
| must have been brainwashed. I don’t know where they dig these people up. 
| 
| [...]
| 
| And if they AREN’T brainwashing them, then they are just hiring incompetant, 
| pompous dumbasses. And if either is the case, why should anyone support their 
| company?  
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http://www.camp-site.org/blog/?p=21


,----[ Quote ]
| From: jimall Mon Sep 9 11:09:33 1991
| To: billg steveb
| Cc: bradsi; jonl; mikemur; paulma
| Subject winball
| Date: Mon Sep 09 11:08:44 PDT 1991
| 
| 
| [...]
| 
| We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger.
`----        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00948.pdf


MS exec's hunting trip: illegally chased and shot 4 antelopes

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| Microsoft OEM chief Joachim Kempin was guilty of nine charges
| of illegal hunting...
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/07/04/ms_execs_hunting_trip_illegally/


,----[ Quote ]
| From: bradsi Fri Oct 18 14:24:00 1991
| To: dawntr; jonl; makemap; mikemur; philipg; vijayc
| Cc: garygi; hankv; lewisl; peteh
| Subject: Re: Excel brainstorm group
| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 91 14:20:38 PDT
| 
| I'd be glad to help tilt lotus into into the death spiral. I could do it 
| friday afternoon but not saturday. I could do it pretty much any time 
| the followung week.
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_1031.pdf


Microsoft Memories

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| 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.
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http://blog.tomevslin.com/2007/05/microsoft_memor.html


Reminds me of some stories about Gates' personality. Among them (which I can
quickly find):

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| My father, in his travels, has met Bill Gates. I don't think I'd be
| creating a problem for him now (as he recently retired) by saying that he
| was unimpressed. Apparently Gates was rude, he was distracted, and when
| he sat, he rocked back and forth in his chair, an action which reminded
| my Dad of people with dementia.
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http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=12


,----[ Quote ]
| In my BillG review meeting, the whole reporting hierarchy was there,
| along with their cousins, sisters, and aunts, and a person who came
| along from my team whose whole job during the meeting was to keep an
| accurate count of how many times Bill said the F word. The lower the
| f***-count, the better.
|
| [...]
|
| Four," announced the f*** counter, and everyone said, "wow, that's the
| lowest I can remember. Bill is getting mellow in his old age." He was,
| you know, 36.
|
| Later I had it explained to me. "Bill doesn't really want to review
| your spec, he just wants to make sure you've got it under control. His
| standard M.O. is to ask harder and harder questions until you admit that
| you don't know, and then he can yell at you for being unprepared. Nobody
| was really sure what happens if you answer the hardest question he can
| come up with because it's never happened before."
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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/06/16.html


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.
| 
| 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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| 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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http://battellemedia.com/archives/001835.php 


,----[ Quote ]
| From: johnfi; Wed Mar 14 11:18:49 1990
| To: RichAab; RussW; SherryR; c-JanetC
| Subject: H-P New Wave
| Date: Wed Mar 14 10:56:42 1990
| 
| A few issues ... Got a call from Gary Perez (our OEM HP Acct Mgr) this 
| morning. They are telling HP that they wil NOT be part of this launch 
| and that BillG has said "fxxk HP (all divisions) if they won't sign a 
|          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| Windows license."
`----

http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05099.pdf


Google Goes Globe-Trotting

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| "Google is so different that it was almost impossible to reprogram them into 
| this culture," says CEO Eric Schmidt. 
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/67919


,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft has warned Google to steer clear of corporate search,
| declaring that the market is "our house"....
| 
| "Those people are not going to be allowed to take food off our plate,
|                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| because that is what they are intending to do."
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2160431/microsoft-warns-google-business


Behavior May Suggest We're Not Only Human

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| When Emory University primatologist Frans de Waal read a news story that
| said Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, had hurled a chair
| across the room on hearing an employee was going to work for rival
| Google, the scientist immediately made a connection with his own
| research: "When I see such behavior, I think of a chimpanzee."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031801130.html?nav=rss_nation


Beyond the PC: Ballmer's Battle Plan

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| "The word 'intense' was invented for Ballmer, who met with us in a
| green room that had a paper sign with his name taped to the door.
| While he was at first warm and engaging, a question about security
| features shifted his mood. His eyes, soft when he smiles, grew dark.
| The usually boisterous Ballmer became unexpectedly quiet and soon
| exited the room without saying goodbye. Still, he had a lot to
| say to SmartMoney senior writer Dyan Machan before he did.
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http://www.smartmoney.com/mag/ceo/index.cfm?story=april2007


Mundie: Google owes business to Microsoft

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| "If we didn't succeed at the PC, they wouldn't have a business," Mundie said 
| of Google, in comments made via Webcast at the Goldman Sachs Technology 
| Investment Symposium in Las Vegas on Tuesday.  
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=412881308&rid=-50


Microsoft continues to ignore the Muslim world

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| Some of the Microsoft comments have just been leaked out of the ECMA 
| fortress. Microsoft continues to ignore the Muslim world, and they don't want 
| to correct its WORKDAY function in order to 'do not break backward 
| compatibility': "Weekend days (Saturday and Sunday) are not considered as 
| working days."    
| 
| [...]
| 
| Microsoft/ECMA rolls over cultural diversity. Does someone wants to call Al 
| Jazeera? 
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-29635/microsoft-continues-to-ignore-the-muslim-world

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