On Tue, 06 May 2008 14:00:23 +0200, Hadron wrote:
> "Ezekiel" <a@xxxxx> writes:
>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1904966.m8XuDufhY5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> ____/ Linonut on Monday 05 May 2008 17:19 : \____
>>>
>>>> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, I guess the point I was trying to make (all the supporting
>>>>> references
>>>>> aside) was that, based on something I read yesterday, Ballmer is on an
>>>>> ego
>>>>> mania trip or as the article called it -- "competition zealotry" (can't
>>>>> recall the exact wording they used, but it's related to hubris). Ballmer
>>>>> just buys companies whom he envies or buys whatever it takes to destroy
>>>>> those that de-elevate his ego.
>>>>
>>>> I agree, Ballmer must have some self-esteem issues for which he must
>>>> compensate.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if he was like one of my friends when he was a kid. A bit fat,
>>>> a smart guy, but a bit troubled. One time he held me underwater for a
>>>> long time, until I started to jerk in a panic. If he weren't so big,
>>>> I'd have hit him.
>>>>
>>>>> As a matter of fact, Chris, he has burned a lot of
>>>>> Microsoft cash and found some justification to avoid being sacked
>>>>> (growth
>>>>> through acquisitions is expensive). A couple of years ago there was an
>>>>> internal backlash against him, calling for the man to leave.
>>>>
>>>> How did he end up staying, then?
>>>
>>> I can't recall. It was back in the days when I wasn't watching the news
>>> closely
>>> (just finishing my thesis probably), but I can remember a revolt in
>>
>> Translation. Roy Schestowitz made up the whole thing and when pressed for
>> details... he runs like a coward.
>>
>>
>>> mini-microsoft's blog that put his job in jeopardy (among other articles
>>> that
>>> questioned Ballmer's leadership).
>>
>> Wow. Somebody's anonymous blog said so. What sort of idiot (other than you)
>> would believe that?
>
> Liarnut, or "Chris" as Roy calls him when having one of their love
> ins. It's sickening how the COLA cult results in otherwise sane men
> becoming sycophantic arse lickers, two faced liars and hypocrites.
Linux certainly seems to bring out the worst in people that's for sure.
> Did you ever read as much nonsense as this Roy guy spouts! He even
> explains to "Chris" that growth through acquisition is expensive! Stop
> the clock! What genius! Did he work that out himself? Or does he think
> Chris is too stupid to realise it himself? Since Liarnut attached
> himself to Roy's butt it seems his own brain stopped functioning.
Roy is remarkably ignorant for a person studying for a PHD, any PHD.
At first I just chalked it up to him being a crazy zealot but the more of
his writings I read the more convinced I become that he is not very
intelligent.
The one exception is his Datamation articles which of course are
professionally edited, but even still I will give him credit for some very
well thought out and presented writings and ideas.
It goes to show that Roy *could* be an effective advocate for Linux if he
would concentrate on quality rather than quantity.
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
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