Ballmer Ardently Defends Vista, Lampoons Google Apps
Posted 10/16/08 at 06:24:30 PM by Pulkit Chandna
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer touched upon virtually all the major issues concerning MS – from Windows 7 to Yahoo - at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Orlando. Unsurprisingly, he was confronted by many questions regarding Vista and Windows 7.He ardently defended Windows Vista. “The adoption rate of Vista is two times faster than XP at two years in,” Ballmer said in Vista’s defense.
However, he tacitly gave the thumbs up to enterprises that have abandoned all plans of upgrading to Vista and are already waiting for Windows 7. Regarding the possibility of a deal with Yahoo, he said that a deal would make sense for the shareholders of both the companies. The price of Yahoo’s shares shot up by 17% after Ballmer’s comment.
Ballmer believes that Google Apps has “very primitive” capabilities. He further derided Google Apps by not even acknowledging it as serious competition.
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Hubris
Submitted by c8503 on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 2:14pm
I have a funny feeling he'll regret hating on google apps soon enough...
I'm not a microsoft hater
Submitted by atomaweapon on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 1:43pm
I'm not a microsoft hater by any means, but that picture just makes me want to bash his face in with a tire iron.
Watch out Norm.
Submitted by Talcum X on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 9:15am
You have competition for object licking.
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Jabba the Hutt I is.
Submitted by Humpfester on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 7:08pm
Jabba the Hutt I is.
He needs to have some fake
Submitted by SpazzAttack on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 7:35am
He needs to have some fake blood dripping off of his tougue and he'll look like a wannabe Gene Simmons.
Yeah right...fat face....
Submitted by ghot on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 6:05pm
Sure its two times higher than XP's adoption rate, 2 years in....MS practically broke laws forcing Vista down peoples throats. I hope the revenue was worth the loss of credibility. Maybe thats what the fat face is about....a nyah nyah nyah, we GOT YOU!
YAHOO, GET IN MAH BELLY!!!
Submitted by sirphunkee on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 5:12pm
YAHOO, GET IN MAH BELLY!!!
Damn it! So am I!
Submitted by avanish11 on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 4:37pm
Damn it! So am I!
Good god. I'm going to see
Submitted by horzo on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 3:34pm
Good god. I'm going to see that picture in my nightmares.
Submitted by Spider-Mom on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 5:14pm
Ad Block is a wonderful thing. his ugly face no more!
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