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____/ John on Monday 25 Jan 2010 05:03 : \____
> On 1/24/10 8:11 PM, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Homer on Sunday 24 Jan 2010 19:03 : \____
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>>> 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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>
> He reminds me more of the 350 pound fat and stupid Brian P.
This quote sums it up:
âI think he [Bill Gates] has a Napoleonic concept of himself and his
company, an arrogance that derives from power and unalloyed success,
with no leavening hard experience, no reverses [...] They donât act
like grown-ups!â
--Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson
They are a bunch of immature bullies.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
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