__/ [ AB ] on Monday 05 February 2007 11:59 \__
> On 2007-02-05, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>> You would have thought that Ballmer could handle a multi-head display,
>> wouldn't you? This is a little strange:
>>
>>
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/01/27/business/20070128_BALLMER_SLIDESHOW_2.html
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Mr. Ballmer may have a decidedly low-key office, but he uses an
>>| Excel spreadsheet to track his calendar.
>> `----
>
> The NYT is one of the more dishonest newspapers (including the online
> version) there is. I'd bet he isn't doing anything useful, like
> tracking appointments and contacts in Excel. I'd bet he's doing
> something even more common and useful, like any other ordinary PHB:
> playing solitaire.
Actually, I thought they deliberately portrayed his as a "nice guy". There's
Microsoft bias in that big publications house.
>From that other E-mail...
"i went around with bill [Weisenberger, AKA billwg] (& a host of other
paid2post shills) on a nytimes forum for over 3 years. despite being exposed
for what/who they were/are, they just would not quit their mindless pr firm
hypenosys. at that time, the nytimes was quite supportive of their charade.
what a blight."
But, hey, if the Times says he's nice it must be true. I still see some chair
in his office...
'According to one former employee's headline-grabbing allegations, this
competitive nature has manifested itself more violently. In 2005, Mark
Lucovsky claimed that Ballmer became highly enraged upon hearing that
Lucovsky was about to leave Microsoft for Google. Lucovsky said Ballmer
threw a chair across the room and shouted: "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.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballmer
In any event, this wasn't about personality (see the subject line), but
rather about the utter lack of technological advancement. Just a quick
glance at Microsoft perception of "Office of the Future" leaves you
uninspired (or worried, if you work at that company). Linux is many years
ahead. All we need to do is help people see this. They will /ask/ for help
in migration to Linux, rather than be persuaded or asked.
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