OT: Steve Ballmer is a mad man... But I like him!

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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    After a wild rise in the 90s, the MSFT share price froze the whole 10 years he ran the ship. As soon as he left, it's jumping up again.

    Before he can win titles, he'll die of a heart attack the way he's acting.
     
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    He did wonders for Microsoft. The guy that replaced him as CEO is starting out having to do massive layoffs.
     
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    Being an over-the-top Type A asshole is often an asset in business.

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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Maybe he sunk it.

    I honestly don't know what they can do at this point. The battle seems to be between FreeBSD (Mac) and Linux (android, chrome book). Maybe they can start by adopting Unix or Linux.
     
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    This is exactly who I thought of when I watched his clip. Took me awhile to remember his name
     
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    Apple fandom is a tunnel vision religion which repeats its mantra year after year.

    As for Howard Dean, the Republican threat to put that video in ads would have backfired and promoted Democratic enthusiasm.

    The reason MSFT share price has not changed in proportion to Ballmer's steady high profits for 10 years is that Gates sells shares when price rises, bringing it back down. In about 5 years he'll be all sold down, causing share price to rise. Its ratio to profit will rise in anticipation of no more Gates sales.
     
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    Citing Google isn't Apple fandom.

    Apple store on a typical weekend at the mall near me:

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    They have a Microsoft store in the same mall:

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