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Mar 10, 08 - 08:33 am Comment from: SteveJobsAllergy

"there were a lot of governments that think we have a very high market share"

the same governments who are suing them?

Mar 10, 08 - 08:39 am Comment from: Cubert

"including references in an lawsuit that claimed Mr Ballmer threw a chair at a former employee who said he was leaving Microsoft for Google,"

Holy crap! I thought he threw a chair across the room when told of that guy leaving for Google by someone else. I had no idea he threw it at the guy!!!

Ballmer is a bigger @$$ than I ever thought. He is one of those people that a friend from college was referring to when he said some people in this world need a good @$$ whopping every once in a while just to keep them in line. So true.

Video??

Mar 10, 08 - 08:41 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

"...even if it's his 'last breath' at the company"

Don't tease me, Ballmer.

Mar 10, 08 - 08:41 am Comment from: Cubert

Hahahaha! It will be his "last breath" at Smallandflaccid, and they still won't do it.

Although he fools himself on a lot of things concerning Apple and the future of technology, he seems to be a pretty cool guy that I'd love to shoot pool with.

Below is the part where he's asked to do Monkey boy dance. He handles it really well and his final joke is funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92kMX-6yyJk

Mar 10, 08 - 08:44 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

It's nice how this leading software company that it the best in the business is still 'trying to continue to compete with all our vigour and energy,'. Trying? Wow... why don't you call me when you start succeeding at something.

Mar 10, 08 - 08:45 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

"is" the best...

Mar 10, 08 - 08:45 am Comment from: Cubert

"Joking that the laptop is heavier than his PC, he pretended to stumble from his chair from the weight of the device in his hands during a speech in Las Vegas Thursday"


Will someone tell Monkey Boy that a joke has to be plausible for it to be funny.

Mar 10, 08 - 08:47 am Comment from: JAYGEE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar_r2kE9Ej4

Here is the video.

Mar 10, 08 - 08:50 am Comment from: Cubert

From the second article:
"Kawasaki then attempted a second try of his “What’s the deal with Vista” question, after Ballmer had strategically avoided answering the original blunt query with his Mac Air antics."

Ahhh, so that explains his weak attempt at humor. Just like a little kid who doesn't want to answer the tough questions from his parents. Sad.


Sorry for the manic posting today, folks. Mugshots is brewing their coffee strong today.

Mar 10, 08 - 08:51 am Comment from: Cubert

"Ballmer eventually explained, is that application and driver compatibility was compromised in the name of security, a decision that ultimately proved “very painful” for the consumer."

Ahhhh, so that's why Fista sucks so bad. Riggghhhhhhttttt.....

Mar 10, 08 - 08:56 am Comment from: flappo

the reason why ms are on a losing streak is information and how easy it is to get on the net

they'd love to control it , so they could convince everyone it's not crap

knowledge is power , no wonder those cretins at ms are on a losing streak to nowhere

The session concluded with Kawasaki saying he knew Ballmer really wanted a MacBook Air. "If you ever want a discount, I have friends," he said.

Mar 10, 08 - 09:19 am Comment from: Mr. Reeee

Cubert... no kidding.

Listen to the tone of Ballmer's voice. The AC must have been on high because he was so nervous his shirt should have been soaked... as it usually is.

Microsoft should have learned by now, if you're going to copy/steal from someone who's clearly better, then you should at least get it right.

There's a scene from Act III of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg that illustrates it perfectly. There's a singing contest with a woman as the prize (yeah, that's opera for you). Walter is the good guy. Beckmesser steals a love song from Walter to sing at the contest, his version comes out like the rantings of a lunatic... it's pretty funny, actually.

So, I dub Ballmer the Beckmesser of technology.

Mar 10, 08 - 09:22 am Comment from: qka

Link to full video, via Guy's own site:

http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/03/mano-a-mano-wit.html

Mar 10, 08 - 09:23 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

'That thing’s missing half the things on my PC. Where’s the DVD drive?'

Right next to the HD-DVD drive.

Oh, wait...

Mar 10, 08 - 09:25 am Comment from: aToMac

The video is pretty funny. Kawasaki says everything that crosses his mind.

Mar 10, 08 - 09:48 am Comment from: Chair Dodger

Barking Ballmer. Real nice mental picture there. Couldn't resist the urge to imitate a chihuahua or do the Monkey-Boy dance.

Buffoon.

Ballmer is chip short of a PC.. I really believe he is way beyond his depth.

Rather proved by the fact no-one consults him if he only gets 60 emails a day and doesn't need anyone to filter for him.

Enlightening.

I love having a laugh at Ballmer's expense, but why does the MDN take always have to sound like a fanatical sales pitch??

I hope that Guy told Ballmer to go bite a fat hog in the ass.

It would be like watching a dog chase his tail.

Mar 10, 08 - 11:20 am Comment from: Cubert

@Mr. Reeee,

Kudos to you for the literary analogy!

Much better than my spoiled little kid analogy, but both hit the nail on the head. And, better the nail than my head via a Unidentified Flying Ballmer Object.

Mar 10, 08 - 11:27 am Comment from: Cubert

"why does the MDN take always have to sound like a fanatical sales pitch??"

Because you are at MDN that's why. Most of us appreciate the humor. There are many more objective sites out there and even a few Winblows fanatic sites (usually linked to by sites for the delusional).

Hah! See, I did it, too.

Mar 10, 08 - 11:51 am Comment from: Lurker_PC

I would have liked to heard Ballmer's response to the success of the iPhone. Haven't seen the video yet (thanks for the links) but imagine Guy could cover only so many of Microsoft's blunders in the allocated time.

Peace.

Mar 10, 08 - 03:04 pm Comment from: TheConfuzed1

"...the days of Micrtosoft... Ballmer seems to want to talks about..."

Hey MDN, are you typing drunk this morning? :p

Mar 10, 08 - 03:18 pm Comment from: Anonymous©

Wow, Guy's interview of Ballmer, was exactly, Mac vs PC, but in this case, PC is a total dweeb, trying to be funny, and it being painful to watch.

Mar 10, 08 - 03:24 pm Comment from: TheConfuzed1

Ballmer: "Some governments think we have a very high market share."

Kawasaki: "Especially the EU."

Ballmer: "No comment."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Mar 10, 08 - 07:56 pm Comment from: MacRaven

A better buffoon could not have been picked to be CEO of Micro$loth. A match made in heaven.

And I'm disappointed MDN did not post one of the many appropriate idiot pics of Ballmer in their file to go with this article.

Mar 11, 08 - 06:32 am Comment from: -hh

--> "Ballmer also "pledged that the company would gain share against Google in online advertising and web searching, even if it's his 'last breath' at the company," Wakabayashi reports <--


We can all help MS to take its last corporate breath in its fight against Google, by using a ROBOTS.TXT file that blocks MSN from our content. Here's the one that's been on my website for the past three years:



User-agent: Msnbot
Disallow: /

# this bans Msnbot (Microsoft) from all files on this webserver
#
# (C) 2005 H. Huntzinger, but all non-commercial parties are
# free to copy and use this file on their websites unmodified.
#
# -hh



Just Copy-n-Paste the above into a robots.txt file and install it on your .mac webpage today


-hh

Jun 06, 09 - 02:28 am Comment from: devilisbacin

I appreciate the concern which is been rose. The things need to be sorted out because it’s not about the individual but it can be with everyone.

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