There's another possibility: he has to defend his products. He has no other choice. I mean, he can't just come out and say, "yeah, we got nothin folks so you can all go run back to your iPhones and iPads." No CEO could say that in public. It's his job to sell what Microsoft brung to the market. If he doesn't defend Microsoft in public, the Board will certainly have grounds to fire him.
Still, I miss the sweaty "monkey boy dance" of classic Ballmer, when they were on top of the world.
And he actually said it all with a straight face. He's so thoroughly convinced himself that what he says is actually true I bet he could even pass a lie detector test.,
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Did Ballmer visit a medical marijuana store in a western state just before this interview? The quality of Ballmer's comments prove that he inhaled -- many, many, many times-- before speaking such rubbish.
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This guy continues to prove over & over again that he is in denial and completely delusional.
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OMG OMG OMG And this guy is running Microsoft - into the ground! Even if one were brain dead, just read the stupid surveys and studies! Few brands today are as valuable - mean as much to consumers - as Apple.
Watch the interview ... not once does he say what AI is claiming ... not once. I'm not a fan of MSF but, in this case, AI is doing a great disservice to SB and, frankly, to us .... it's own customer base. Quite frankly, AI, I'm disappointed in you. With this kind of distortion of the facts you are showing yourself to be nothing short of "The National Enquirer" of the tech sites. I expected more from you.
Does Steve B always have to speak to the media? He does have Vps and pr people. Get somebody. Anybody. Steve Jobs lets Phil, Tim, and Johnathan speak for apple.
First up, how the hell does MS think they are going to win with hardware being produced and managed by 3rd party celly makers? Makes no sense. The only thing MS will get are royalties from the their mobile OS. MS wants nothing to do with cell phone hardware.
Secondly, the tablet thing. MS will do their classic formula. they will make the OS to be played on the so-called tablet format that they license to every effing OEM on earth. Then they will sit on their a** and wait for the checks to roll in.
In the meanwhile the MS tablet will get saturated and cheap as each maker tries outdoing one another. Eventually the evolution of the MS tablet will have come into full effect with almost no innovation left on its godda*** bones.
This will inevitably lead to gimmicky products like hello effing kitty or Justin Beiber(licensed product cause by time this thing happens Beiber, for instance, will be on celebrity big brother getting his a** kick by Suge Knght) tablets.
Does Steve B always have to speak to the media? He does have Vps and pr people. Get somebody. Anybody. Steve Jobs lets Phil, Tim, and Johnathan speak for apple.
i have tried to understand what he is trying to say.
but its impossible.
the windows brand does not stand for quality or reliability.
it does still stand for:
- large, global reach
what else? maybe now it only represents negative things like:
- large initial roll-outs that attract no attention and eventually are shelved
- me-too products
- lack of innovation
- lack of attention to detail
More than anything else, Microsoft's inability to partner one-on-one with its thousands of companies that roll out windows based products and therefore still not being able to control or shape the end user experience is what has killed Microsoft.
When Jobs comments that Microsoft has "no taste" it is a short hand way of saying that the end user experience is not important to Microsoft.
So what does the Microsoft brand mean to users? Not a whole lot these days.
And the board of directors of Microsoft is responsible for not having removed Ballmer 5 to 6 years ago.
Has anyone noticed that he ipad gets no freaking viruses? Ha!
I have the 16 gig wifi+3G and using it is amazing!
Apple purposely f***** the pc industry up to surpass them with the ipad, IMHO. And as MS and their OEMs try besting the ipad they will bury their own bloated pc industry.
And since the MS tablet will be as cheap as a 25 cent h**er expect a race o the bottom. Like always.
Okay, I'm sorry but WHAT IN THE HELL is up with the dude interviewing Ballmer. Looks like he's wearing a sweater he took out of his sisters closet, then stole his grandmothers glasses....
Or are we all supposed to pretend he's a girl? And that freaking girl hairstyle..... which he doesn't pull off at all.... is he also wearing a bra?
Is this an idiot who can't accept he was born with a Penis? As for the MS phone..... Lame as always..... I'd be surprised if Gates throws out Ballmer though. He's such an incredible dork that he actually makes Gates look slightly less dorky.
I'm sorry... I still can't get over the CNET interviewer..... Gag!
It seems Ina Fried is a male who has had a sex change to become a female. (Says so at the bottom of the interview.) Agree about the choice of sweater -- not so good.
i have tried to understand what he is trying to say.
but its impossible.
the windows brand does not stand for quality or reliability.
it does still stand for:
- large, global reach
what else? maybe now it only represents negative things like:
- large initial roll-outs that attract no attention and eventually are shelved
- me-too products
- lack of innovation
- lack of attention to detail
More than anything else, Microsoft's inability to partner one-on-one with its thousands of companies that roll out windows based products and therefore still not being able to control or shape the end user experience is what has killed Microsoft.
When Jobs comments that Microsoft has "no taste" it is a short hand way of saying that the end user experience is not important to Microsoft.
So what does the Microsoft brand mean to users? Not a whole lot these days.
And the board of directors of Microsoft is responsible for not having removed Ballmer 5 to 6 years ago.
To be fair, MSFT's target market is not consumers-- rather it is IT/Enterprise. And, it plays that game as well as anyone.
With Ballmer recently claiming during an analyst meeting that forging an iPad rival is priority No. 1,...
It must be nice for Microsoft to be shown the way to their priority No. 1's all the time... Vista/Windows7, Zune, Marketplace, Windows phone 7, and now their version of the iPad... makes me wonder what would become of MS if left to their own devices without the aid of Apple's inspiration and R&D?
There's not promoting your competitors, and then there's groundless trash talk that makes you look like an idiot. Other CEOs seem to have a more respectful stump time along the lines of "We respect what X are doing, but thing Y is a better direction for what our consumers want"
Throwing chairs and stomping on your employees' iPhones?
It must be nice for Microsoft to be shown the way to their priority No. 1's all the time... Vista/Windows7, Zune, Marketplace, Windows phone 7, and now their version of the iPad... makes me wonder what would become of MS if left to their own devices without the aid of Apple's inspiration and R&D?
Are you really going to believe AI after what they did with this story
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There's another possibility: he has to defend his products. He has no other choice. I mean, he can't just come out and say, "yeah, we got nothin folks so you can all go run back to your iPhones and iPads." No CEO could say that in public. It's his job to sell what Microsoft brung to the market. If he doesn't defend Microsoft in public, the Board will certainly have grounds to fire him.
Still, I miss the sweaty "monkey boy dance" of classic Ballmer, when they were on top of the world.
It's called "selling what you have in the wagon"!
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And he actually said it all with a straight face. He's so thoroughly convinced himself that what he says is actually true I bet he could even pass a lie detector test.,
Did Ballmer visit a medical marijuana store in a western state just before this interview? The quality of Ballmer's comments prove that he inhaled -- many, many, many times-- before speaking such rubbish.
This guy continues to prove over & over again that he is in denial and completely delusional.
Watch the interview ... not once does he say what AI is claiming ... not once. I'm not a fan of MSF but, in this case, AI is doing a great disservice to SB and, frankly, to us .... it's own customer base. Quite frankly, AI, I'm disappointed in you. With this kind of distortion of the facts you are showing yourself to be nothing short of "The National Enquirer" of the tech sites. I expected more from you.
Sure it is. Two different companies, two different approaches to the phone and OS.
Did you miss this part of my post? ....previous offerings from MSF
Secondly, the tablet thing. MS will do their classic formula. they will make the OS to be played on the so-called tablet format that they license to every effing OEM on earth. Then they will sit on their a** and wait for the checks to roll in.
In the meanwhile the MS tablet will get saturated and cheap as each maker tries outdoing one another. Eventually the evolution of the MS tablet will have come into full effect with almost no innovation left on its godda*** bones.
This will inevitably lead to gimmicky products like hello effing kitty or Justin Beiber(licensed product cause by time this thing happens Beiber, for instance, will be on celebrity big brother getting his a** kick by Suge Knght) tablets.
Need I say more?
Yeah, and we chose our water company, electric company, and garbage collectors because their "brands" and performance mean so much to us!
The analogies are pretty good especially the last one.
Does Steve B always have to speak to the media? He does have Vps and pr people. Get somebody. Anybody. Steve Jobs lets Phil, Tim, and Johnathan speak for apple.
Megalomania comes to mind.
Did you miss this part of my post? ....previous offerings from MSF
I saw what you wrote, I just don't believe that we are dealing with the "old" MS anymore, in spite of what most people here seem to believe
"Da's a hol' lotta' iPadin' goin' on out dare"...
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but its impossible.
the windows brand does not stand for quality or reliability.
it does still stand for:
- large, global reach
what else? maybe now it only represents negative things like:
- large initial roll-outs that attract no attention and eventually are shelved
- me-too products
- lack of innovation
- lack of attention to detail
More than anything else, Microsoft's inability to partner one-on-one with its thousands of companies that roll out windows based products and therefore still not being able to control or shape the end user experience is what has killed Microsoft.
When Jobs comments that Microsoft has "no taste" it is a short hand way of saying that the end user experience is not important to Microsoft.
So what does the Microsoft brand mean to users? Not a whole lot these days.
And the board of directors of Microsoft is responsible for not having removed Ballmer 5 to 6 years ago.
I have the 16 gig wifi+3G and using it is amazing!
Apple purposely f***** the pc industry up to surpass them with the ipad, IMHO. And as MS and their OEMs try besting the ipad they will bury their own bloated pc industry.
And since the MS tablet will be as cheap as a 25 cent h**er expect a race o the bottom. Like always.
Okay, I'm sorry but WHAT IN THE HELL is up with the dude interviewing Ballmer. Looks like he's wearing a sweater he took out of his sisters closet, then stole his grandmothers glasses....
Or are we all supposed to pretend he's a girl? And that freaking girl hairstyle..... which he doesn't pull off at all.... is he also wearing a bra?
Is this an idiot who can't accept he was born with a Penis? As for the MS phone..... Lame as always..... I'd be surprised if Gates throws out Ballmer though. He's such an incredible dork that he actually makes Gates look slightly less dorky.
I'm sorry... I still can't get over the CNET interviewer..... Gag!
It seems Ina Fried is a male who has had a sex change to become a female. (Says so at the bottom of the interview.) Agree about the choice of sweater -- not so good.
i have tried to understand what he is trying to say.
but its impossible.
the windows brand does not stand for quality or reliability.
it does still stand for:
- large, global reach
what else? maybe now it only represents negative things like:
- large initial roll-outs that attract no attention and eventually are shelved
- me-too products
- lack of innovation
- lack of attention to detail
More than anything else, Microsoft's inability to partner one-on-one with its thousands of companies that roll out windows based products and therefore still not being able to control or shape the end user experience is what has killed Microsoft.
When Jobs comments that Microsoft has "no taste" it is a short hand way of saying that the end user experience is not important to Microsoft.
So what does the Microsoft brand mean to users? Not a whole lot these days.
And the board of directors of Microsoft is responsible for not having removed Ballmer 5 to 6 years ago.
To be fair, MSFT's target market is not consumers-- rather it is IT/Enterprise. And, it plays that game as well as anyone.
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It's called "selling what you have in the wagon"!
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In a lime green plaid suit!
With Ballmer recently claiming during an analyst meeting that forging an iPad rival is priority No. 1,...
It must be nice for Microsoft to be shown the way to their priority No. 1's all the time... Vista/Windows7, Zune, Marketplace, Windows phone 7, and now their version of the iPad... makes me wonder what would become of MS if left to their own devices without the aid of Apple's inspiration and R&D?
There's not promoting your competitors, and then there's groundless trash talk that makes you look like an idiot. Other CEOs seem to have a more respectful stump time along the lines of "We respect what X are doing, but thing Y is a better direction for what our consumers want"
Throwing chairs and stomping on your employees' iPhones?
Ballmer's all class, baby.
It must be nice for Microsoft to be shown the way to their priority No. 1's all the time... Vista/Windows7, Zune, Marketplace, Windows phone 7, and now their version of the iPad... makes me wonder what would become of MS if left to their own devices without the aid of Apple's inspiration and R&D?
Are you really going to believe AI after what they did with this story
Are you really going to believe AI after what they did with this story
Hey, Cool it! Most of your posts have been rational... everyone is entitled to learn by their mistakes.
Balmer, AI, you and especially me!
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