Steve Ballmer Has No Shame
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| One of Kawasaki's more pointed questions: "What's the deal with Vista?
| Seriously."
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| Ballmer's response was surprising. He reached over and tried to snatch
| Kawasaki's MacBook Air from his lap. "Let me see that thing?" Ballmer
| crowed. "You got Vista on that thing?" Kawasaki prodded about using a "little
| computer like this." Ballmer held up the Air and then tossed it back,
| bragging, "This is heavier than my PC. It's true! That thing is heavier than
| the Toshiba that I carry." For anyone watching the stream, the exchange
| occurred about 27 minutes into the Q&A.
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| Ballmer was quite playful, yet pushy. When Kawasaki defended his Air, Ballmer
| interjected about missing features. "Where's your DVD drive?" he asked,
| snatching the computer from Kawasaki's lap. The interchange, while funny,
| showed something of Ballmer's real feelings about Macs. Something more:
| Ballmer avoided answering the Vista question.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/developer/steve_ballmer_has_no_shame.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/3dtyct
Maybe he's just demented or something. Why does he just fling everything he
touches? Sure it's a bit ad hominem, but is this guy even human? He drove the
company into the ground (almost in debt now).
Yesterday:
Steve Ballmer - the webdeveloper monkey at MIX08
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| Steve Ballmer doing the MIX08-audience a favor
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yny7wAUN5uY
Related:
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
How To Make A Microserf Smile
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| When Ballmer floated the HR job in April, 2005, Brummel said: No way. But
| Ballmer wasn't about to take no for an answer. Picking up a traveling golf
| putter, the Microsoft chief started taking it apart as he barreled around
| Brummel's office, hammering home why she was the perfect candidate. As an
| outsider unsullied by HR dogma, he said, she'd bring a fresh approach.
| Besides, Ballmer argued, Brummel was hugely popular and had the people skills
| to get the job done. The two went back and forth, with Ballmer slapping
| Brummel's whiteboard for emphasis and Brummel parrying with: "But I love
| doing products." After more than two hours, Ballmer ended the meeting. By
| then the putter was in pieces. "Sorry about the golf club," he said.
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_37/b4049065.htm
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
Ballmer's Gunning For the "Other Company"
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| Mr. Ballmer got visibly excited -- shouting, arm-waving,
| lurching-forward-and-back-in-his-chair excited -- when
| talking about Microsoft's third-place showing in the
| online-advertising race...
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http://blogs.wsj.com/dnotebook/2007/05/30/ballmers-gunning-for-the-other-company/?mod=yahoo_hs
Windows 3.1 Commercial (japanese)
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| Weird Japanese Windows 3.1 commercial
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkufLcIQgKo
Steve Ballmer
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| Ballmer's tendency to loudly and enthusiastically express himself is well
| known. A famous 1991 incident left his vocal cords requiring surgical repair
| after he screamed "Windows, Windows, Windows" continuously during a meeting
| in Japan.[2] With the advent of Internet video, such incidents have become
| increasingly infamous.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballmer
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