____/ William Poaster on Saturday 08 March 2008 16:01 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ William Poaster on Saturday 08 March 2008 11:40 : \____
>>
>>> On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:24:37 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> ____/ Linonut on Friday 07 March 2008 17:16 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> * juanarias peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>>>
>>>>>> THIS chair throwing CLOWN HAS GONE TOO FAR
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> http://itvendorsdirectory.ca/Online-Resources/microsoft-corp-ceo-
>>> ballmer-about-yahoo-bid-weve-made-an-offer-and-its-out-there-baby-001.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Ballmer reiterated Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s stance
>>>>> that the company needs Yahoo to compete effectively against Google
>>>>> in online advertising, calling Microsoft the "little engine that
>>>>> could" against the wildly more successful search giant.
>>>>>
>>>>> The "little engine that could".
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh. My. Fscking. God.
>>>>>
>>>>> THe follow-on is funny:
>>>>>
>>>>> Kawasaki, a former Apple fellow and Mac evangelist who now splits
>>>>> his time as a venture capitalist, author and public speaker, minced
>>>>> no words in his public inquisition of Ballmer. Wielding a new
>>>>> MacBook Air laptop computer, he baited Ballmer about a host of
>>>>> topics, including Google, problems with Windows Vista and
>>>>> competition with his own former company. He also complimented the
>>>>> attitudes of employees at what he calls the "new Microsoft" for
>>>>> being less arrogant and far easier to work with than people he
>>>>> encountered at Apple.
>>>>>
>>>>> During his questioning, Kawasaki called Google the "G-word" and
>>>>> teased Ballmer when he wouldn't say the company's name in answer to
>>>>> a question about it. Proving his mettle as a good sport, Ballmer
>>>>> chided Kawasaki for not saying Google's name either, then countered,
>>>>> "I can say the name: Google, Google, Google."
>>>>>
>>>>> Developers, developers, developers.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I've been in [public relations] mode this whole time, and you want
>>>>> me to get up right now and show some love?" Ballmer bellowed, rising
>>>>> from his chair. He moved to the edge of the stage, stood up to his
>>>>> full height before the audience and hollered, "Web developers, Web
>>>>> developers, Web developers, Web developers!" before returning to his
>>>>> chair and previously restrained demeanor.
>>>>
>>>> You ought to watch the whole thing. The man is /INSANE/.
>>>
>>> I've thought that for a long time, in fact ever since Blammer did his
>>> monkey dance & whooping like a banshee. The guy's nuts.
>>
>> I've seen comments in YouTube from self-admitted Microsoft fans who want him
>> out. He embarrasses a lot of what's associated with the company. Imagine
>> that... being more of an embarrassment than the sole existence of one of the
>> most corrupt organisations in IT.
>
> Can't say I'm surprised. He'd embarrass any sane person who worked for the
> company.
>
> "Who do you work for, again?"
> "Microsoft"
> "Oh, yeah, the company with a boss who's a lunatic."
>
>> There are other crazy and embarrassing people, but they don't run large
>> companies (i.e. push papers around and making boiler room deals while others
>> do thehard work). Ballmer reminds me of Richard Simmons. His behaviour
>> makes you want to just look away in shame.
>
> Just imagine if you had someone like that, who ran...say...BAe Systems, or
> Boeing. On the rollout of a new aircraft, to have a madman leaping about
> infront of it, issuing monkey noises. Wouldn't you be saying to yourself,
> "Well if the boss is like that, WTF is the workforce like?" I don't think it
> would do the sales of teh product any good, at all.
He won't stay around for long. Worry not. He even mentioned the "r" word last
week (retirement). Microsoft is running low in terms of cash because he
gradually brought the company to the ground. He chose aggression and it didn't
work out. Remember what Neelie said two weeks ago about escaping the rules.
Gates was equally based (a snake), but he knew how to hide it -- sometimes
behind a sweater and a smile, even when blackmailing governments.
When Gates left his position as CEO the company had already lost $18 billion,
based on what I was told recently. Microsoft's golden days are the 80s and
90s. It just has inertia (and what it calls 'piracy') at the moment. It cannot
raise prices or stop copyright infringement (esp. everywhere but the west)
because of Linux and FOSS. That's why Ballmer considers it the number one
thread. It's gradually forcing Microsoft out of relevance.
Be patient. Hang in there. Microsoft hasn't much juice left, but it knows damn
well how to hide this fact (have you seen the recent massive spin on the
executive exodus?).
You should only be worried if Microsoft successfully evolves to become a
profitable semiconductor company. Or music sales channel (iTunes)...
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