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____/ Homer on Sunday 24 Jan 2010 19:03 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> Steve Ballmer defaces fanboi MacBook
> [...]
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/23/ballner_defaces_macbook_pro/
> [...]
>> Symptoms of a company going downhill.
>
> Yes, because despite the fact that Microsoft competes with Apple for OS
> share, and therefore Ballmer might have legitimate reasons to express a
> disdain for Apple's products:
>
> . This kid is not Apple ... why punish /him/?
> . Macs can also run Windows, but "PCs" may not (legitimately) run Mac OS
> X, so Ballmer's sour grapes are misguided. This essentially amounts to
> Microsoft placing their software up against /hardware/ as competition,
> which really does not make any sense, unless Ballmer arrogantly thinks
> Microsoft should "own" all computer hardware too
> . Public displays of juvenile behaviour are extremely unprofessional for
> someone who is supposed to be the ambassador for his company, and thus
> seems indicative of desperation or malice, neither of which are likely
> to endear potential customers (or shareholders) to Microsoft. Not that
> those potential "customers" are given much choice by OEMs in the first
> place, which is probably just as well for Microsoft, given the type of
> goon who currently heads their company. In particular, showing blatant
> and public contempt for Mac owners is unlikely to convince any of them
> to switch to Windows, so Ballmer's behaviour is totally illogical, and
> again symptomatic of desperation
> . Why would Ballmer be so desperate to take away share from such a small
> segment of the market that he'd embarrass himself with such behaviour?
> To me that seems clearly indicative of a company in decline, or in any
> case a company obsessed with domination, that is losing its monopoly
Sometimes I think Ballmer thinks like a child... he's like a chubby, aggressive
Michael Jackson.
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