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
"Hey, Steve, just because you broke into Xerox’s store before I did and took
the TV doesn’t mean I can’t go in later and steal the stereo."
--Bill Gates, Microsoft
Related (Microsoft arrogance):
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| 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
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
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
http://rcpmag.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=741
MS exec's hunting trip: illegally chased and shot 4 antelopes
,----[ Quote ]
| 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/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/09/dell_linux_china/
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/10/23/13219/110
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/19/microsoft_killed_dell_linux_states/
,----[ 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
The Narcissistic CEO
,----[ Quote ]
| The desire to change the system is a defining element of narcissism.
| And while it can be inspirational to work for someone like that,
| interacting with a narcissist CEO can be torture. Don't expect praise.
| Get used to hearing the word "I." And be able to take lots of harshly
| worded criticism.
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http://www.forbes.com/2006/08/28/business-basics-narcissist-ceos-cx_t...
Reminds me of some stories about Gates' personality. Among them (which I can
quickly find):
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
Maybe it's just a language culture in the board...
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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."
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05099.pdf
,----[ Quote ]
| Wow, this is absolutely devastating! As near as I can tell, the poor
| guy at Microsoft has been trying to support open standards against
| management. He doesn't say much about the history, i.e. the fact that
| Microsoft didn't do anything with IE until they were recently forced to
| by Firefox competition. The feedback is amazing. Example:
|
| Quote:
| -------------
| So if you believe that the reason for IE's lack of standards support is
| something other than malice of forethought to strangle other browsers,
| you are wrong. If you have followed the anti-trust trial you would have
| seen the actual evidence for these decisions. Microsoft is an
| anti-competitive company run by unethical shitheads.
|
| This won't change until the workforce is slashed and the entire company
| culture changes. Steve Ballmer is the king of the shitheads, so when he
| goes things might get better. But until then, expect MS to only do the
| absolute minimum to defuse the worst criticism. Remember my words:
| unethical shitheads.
| -------------
| End quote
|
| Erik cited this same guy's blog a few days ago to support the notion
| that Microsoft is dedicated to standards compliance and is doing the
| reasonable thing (I think that's why he cited it). The way this story
| has developed, it shows exactly the opposite, and is very revealing
| about sentiments out there in the developer world.
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http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/cc1ad063dcc0400d
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
,----[ Quote ]
| "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
Google Goes Globe-Trotting
,----[ Quoet ]
| "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
Jim Cramer's Wall Street Confidential Picks, 8/6/07
,----[ Quote ]
| Ultimately, Cramer thinks Microsoft simply has too much hubris, and it feels
| it's better at everything than anyone. Maybe it was at one time. But that's a
| terrible amount of hubris to run a company with.
`----
http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070907/46662_id.html?.v=1
Microsoft's Jeff Bell Calls Out Message Board Poster
,----[ Quote ]
| he poster was especially critical of Bell during the press conference,
| which Bell didn't take kindly to, as his private message read:
|
| "And your contribution to society is...what?"
|
| Wait, wait, wait. It's one thing to insinuate a high-ranking Microsoft
| executive has effectively called you out, but the connections grew as more
| people started watching the train wreck.
|
| [...]
|
| We're still waiting on a response from Microsoft, but between Peter Moore
| leaving for EA Sports and a top-ranking executive taking message board taunts
| to heart, it's been an interesting week for the company.
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http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161391
Microsoft : Arrogance leads to Vulnerability
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
Microsoft says some way to go on software piracy
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft on Friday said it may take decades to tackle software piracy in
| large emerging economies, despite some recent progress, and called on Asian
| governments to invest more in policing the practice.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6206677.html
Partners to Microsoft: Don't Make Us Licensing Police
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft licensing has numerous wrinkles and is notoriously complex, which
| means it's easy for users to violate the terms, says Scott Braden, senior
| Microsoft analyst at Miro Consulting, Fords, N.J.
`----
http://www.crn.com/software/201802783
Microsoft becoming 'software police,' say users
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft Corp. last week slammed the door on a free utility out of Australia
| that outflanked one of the company's touted security features in Windows
| Vista, by having the program's digital certificate revoked.
|
| Users took Microsoft to task for the move, noting the slippery slope the
| company was walking on, with some blasting the vendor for playing "software
| police."
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9029161
INSECURITY WARNING -- Windows Vista and W2K3 Server Do Not Support SNMP v3
,----[ Quote ]
| Some computers may get compromised, unfortunately, because Microsoft
| has chosen to go this route.
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http://www.libervis.com/topic/insecurity_warning_windows_vista_and_w2k3_server_do_not_support_snmp_v3
Funny Thing - M$
,----[ Quote ]
| Last night Joe and I got in this huge discussion, and I was cursing out
| Microsoft. It’s been rough the past couple of days and M$ has not been making
| my life very easy. Every time I turn around I have to ghetto-fy my web sites
| to make them work in IE…
|
| See… There are these things called Web Standards which were put into place to
| make web designer’s lives easier. As in, if they script to web standards,
| then all standards compliant browsers will show the site exactly correct.
| Well, I always script to web standards. The PROBLEM is that Microsoft decides
| that they are just going to do things THEIR way...
|
| [...]
|
| 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?
`----
http://www.camp-site.org/blog/?p=21
Microsoft Is Sheer Arrogant Claim Xbox 360 Customers
,----[ Quote ]
| "Sheer arrogance from MS and they have lost what was once a loyal customer,
| I will never purchase another MS product again!! As a consumer I expect
| and Demand to be treated better than that or simply put I will take my
| business elsewhere!"
`----
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Gaming/Console/J2Q7C5X9
How Microsoft Refused to Speak With Me About Windows Error Reporting
,----[ Quote ]
| Have you ever wondered what really happens to those Windows error reports you
| can send to Microsoft whenever a Windows app crashes? How many reports it
| must receive before taking action? Or whether it's worth your time and effort
| to send duplicate reports if the error occurs repeatedly? I did, and I
| asked Microsoft. Unfortunately, after a week and a handful of assurances that
| they were working on responses, the software giant refused to speak with me.
`----
http://advice.cio.com/al_sacco/how_microsoft_refused_to_speak_with_me_about_windows_error_reporting_wer
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