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____/ nessuno on Sunday 09 August 2009 21:02 : \____
> On Aug 9, 1:44Âpm, Goblin <bytes4f...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I understand the Wall Street Journal has conducted a poll which brings a
>> little bad news to the Microsoft Bad
>> Boy:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32269698/ns/business-motley_fool/
>>
>> But lets try to move beyond that and remember some of the sage pearls of
>> wisdom he has given us:
>>
>> âGoogleâs not a real company. Itâs a house of cards.â
>>
>> âLinux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property
>> sense to everything it touches.â
>>
>> âThereâs no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant
>> market share. No chance.â
>>
>> Source:
>>
>> http://kensai.blogsome.com/2007/10/28/quotes-to-laugh-from-steve-ball...
>>
>> --
>> Goblin
>> "I refute the claim I am one of the Linux unwashed, I take a shower once
>> a year whether I need it or not."
>> bytes4f...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Visit the blog of Goblin (Openbytes)http://www.openbytes.wordpress.com
>> "Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui."
>>
>> Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/_Goblin
>>
>> Or catch me on: #boycottnovell #linuxoutlaws on Freenode.net!
>
> Ballmer of course is carrying Bill Gates's torch. And he was Gates's
> hatchet man back when Bill was in charge. But it's hard not to
> conclude that he's not as good at being a ruthless monopolist as Gates
> was.
>
> On the other hand, Ballmer inherited the legacy (software, reputation,
> everything) that Bill Gates left him, and Bill may have gotten out
> while the getting was good.
>
> There was an interesting article awhile back (WSJ, I think) on the
> sometimes rocky relationship between Ballmer and Gates. Basically,
> at a certain point Ballmer told Gates to get out of the way and let
> him run the company.
>
> Sometimes I wonder what Microsoft could accomplish if they devoted
> themselves to real innovation instead of marketing glitz, strong-
> arming "partners," corrupting standards bodies, screwing the
> competition, buying and/or stealing ideas, and generally pushing down
> the customers' throats the mimimum mediocrity the competition if any
> allows them to get by with. Probably too late to change, however.
> Whatever you think of Apple and their high prices and DRM, you can't
> fault them on innovation or high quality.
There's more to the mafia behaviour than Bill and Steve. Watch some of the
uglier exhibits from Jim Allchin and Brad Silverberg, for instance.
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