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Re: [News] Ballmer Lies About Linux (FUD Interview)

__/ [ 7 ] on Monday 05 June 2006 06:52 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> CRN Interview: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote
>> | Ballmer: All I said anywhere is quality, quality, quality, quality,
>> | quality. The betas are just out: Quality, quality. I get an e-mail from
>> | a customer who's says 'I'm worried about the following problem with the
>> | beta.' That's what betas are about. I say: 'don't worry. Quality,
>> | quality. We're just workgin on quality.'
>> | 
>> | We will ship quality, security, quality. The features set is all there.
>> | Now it's all about performance, quality, quality. If I get e-mail
>> | 'Should I worry about what you're going to ship if you're forced to ship
>> | on blah blah blah?', I say 'quality." That's essentially all I said in
>> | Asia.
>> | 
>> | ( http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg )
>> |
>> | [...]
>> | 
>> | Ballmer: Oh. The question is about Linux. Let's talk about it. Four
>> | years ago people wrote that we'd be wiped out by Linux. Four years later
>> | how're they doing?
>> | 
>> | CRN: They're doing well on the server side.
>> | 
>> | Ballmer: No they're not. They're not gaining share.
>> `----
>> 
>> F*ing liar! Is he legally allowed to do that?!?!?
> 
> 
> Nope. Investors can sue if he makes knowingly misleading statements.
> Particularly as its in one of the SEC filings that Linux is
> eating into their bottom line.

Ballmer: expert in Microsoft FOOD

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