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Re: Ballmer and Microsoft on "Competition"

Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> ____/ waterskidoo on Sunday 12 August 2007 15:06 : \____
> 
>> On 2007-08-12, Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2007081130942.jpg
>> Hysterical!
> Here is their /real/ take on competition:
> 
> “I’m thinking of hitting the OEMs harder than in the past with anti-Linux. …
> they should do a delicate dance”
> 
>              –Joachim Kempin, Microsoft OEM Chief
> 
> “Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I’m going to fucking bury that guy, I
> have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to fucking kill
> Google.”
> 
>              –Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
> 
> “Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to
> everything it touches.”
> 
>              –Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
> 
> “We should whack them [Dell over Linux dealings], we should make sure they
> understand our value.”
> 
>              –Paul Flessner, Senior Vice President, Server Applications Unit
> 
> “I’d be glad to help tilt lotus into into the death spiral. I could do it
> Friday afternoon but not Saturday. I could do it pretty much any time the
> following week.”
> 
>              –bradsi, Microsoft
> 
> “We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger….If you’re going to kill
> someone, there isn’t much reason to get all worked up about it and angry. You
> just pull the trigger. Any discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need
> to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger.”
> 
>              –Jim Allchin, Platform Group Vice President
> 

Spoken like true gangsters.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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