<Quote>
I think it finally happened. We'd all been expecting it for a while
now, but not quite so suddenly or emphatically: Steve Ballmer has gone
completely insane.  [When asked about Windows phone]  Ballmer replied:
"We're early; there's no question we're early.... I think we kind of
nailed it. When you see it, you just go 'ooooh'."...

I suppose if we're talking geological time, then Ballmer's right,
Microsoft is on the cusp of the smartphone epoch, and the dinosaurs
just went for a dip in the tar pits. But in a market where a three-
month-old device needs to be checked for liver spots and signs of
dementia, spotting the competition three-plus years and then coming up
with something that almost meets the smartphone standards set in 2007
is not exactly being early. It's certainly not "nailing" it -- unless
we're talking about a coffin....

In all, it seems like a fine but flawed phone.  Fine but flawed isn't
going to cut it. Fine but flawed doesn't win horse races. They don't
put the Miss America crown on the head of the girl with pretty eyes
and a nose like a rutabaga. You don't come back from the dead (or
Windows Mobile 6, which is worse than being dead) and topple Apple,
Google, or BlackBerry with a phone that's fine but flawed. You have to
do better than that....

But I'm thinking he's starting to lose it. I'm serious.

Think about it this way. You just lost the guy who was supposed to
drag your company out of the last century and into the new one. He was
preceded out the door by a half-dozen of your top lieutenants -- the
ones who weren't already lured away by Google or Facebook. Financial
analysts are asking you point blank if your company is, if not toast,
then possibly a soggy bagel with mold around the edges. Despite
buckets of profits, journalists are writing your obituary....

At least I have my Halloween costume all set. I'm going as
Frankenballmer. He's just the kind of guy you could see laughing
maniacally while chasing people down the street with an axe. I can't
think of anything scarier.
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/has-steve-ballmer-gone-bonkers-637?page=0,1&source=IFWNLE_nlt_notes_2010-11-01

>"In all, it seems like a fine but flawed phone.  Fine but flawed isn't
>going to cut it. Fine but flawed doesn't win horse races. They don't
>put the Miss America crown on the head of the girl with pretty eyes
>and a nose like a rutabaga. You don't come back from the dead (or
>Windows Mobile 6, which is worse than being dead) and topple Apple,
>Google, or BlackBerry with a phone that's fine but flawed. You have to
>do better than that...."

You almost feel sorry for the guy.  Deep down, he must know that he
can't win.  He must be thinking of the fact that M$ has *never* won a
fair contest.  He must realize that the *only* reason for their past
success is a now-obsolete notion that "everything is easier if we all
standardize on one brand".

The cat is out of the bag, now.  Everyone knows someone who has a
M$-free computing device.

How long before we see Android- or iOS-based "desktop replacements"?
Indeed, the iPad and new MacBook Air are already moving in that
direction.

"nessuno" <nessuno7491@gmail.com> schreef in bericht 
news:093719cb-7556-4a03-a698-d5feb856c404@g13g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
> <Quote>
> I think it finally happened. We'd all been expecting it for a while
> now, but not quite so suddenly or emphatically: Steve Ballmer has gone
> completely insane.

<snipped the usual off topic, anti Microsoft rant, coming from a very 
frustrated Linux (l)user>
Are you jealous, Mr. Littlejohn?
       Name Citizenship                    Age Net Worth ($bil) Residence
43  Steven Ballmer United States  52  $15.0 billion  United States
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_The-Worlds-Billionaires_Rank_2.html
Quite an achievement for an "insane" superb, successful businessman. 

Verily I say unto thee, that nessuno spake thusly:

> http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/has-steve-ballmer-gone-bonkers-637?page=0,1&source=IFWNLE_nlt_notes_2010-11-01

Gringely really nailed it, God bless 'im.

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Homer wrote:

> nessuno spake thusly:
>>
>> http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/has-steve-ballmer-gone-bonkers-637?page=0,1&source=IFWNLE_nlt_notes_2010-11-01
>
>Gringely really nailed it, God bless 'im.

Seriously, though, only 3 years behind is kind of "early", for
Micro$oft...

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more than the 10's of thousands of employees at Microsoft address
Linux."  -  trolling fsckwit Ezekiel, lying shamelessly