____/ 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.
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.
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