* Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
> Steve Ballmer was personally involved.
>
> Unauthorized biography of Steve Ballmer turns up little new
>
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/86841_ballmer13.shtml
It's BAD BOY BALLMER!
The book is as successful as it could be considering Maxwell's lack
of access.
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer declined to be interviewed
for the book, as did virtually every other current and former top
officer at the company.
In addition, he said, "I have never come across a less helpful group
of public affairs people than Microsoft's propagandists."
That was a pretty decent book. At the end of it, though, the author
talks about how Gates glared at him. What did he expect? Gates to
blow him a kiss?
> Microsoft's Accounting Under Scrutiny
>
> http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E1DC173DF932A35754C0A96F958260
"Cookie jar" accounting above, "managed earnings" below. How about
"managed code"?
> Microsoft - Undeserving of Libertarian Praise
>
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>| One strategy that Microsoft has employed in the past is paying for the
>| silence of people and companies. Charles Pancerzewski, formerly Microsoft's
>| chief auditor, became aware of Microsoft's practice of carrying earnings from
>| one accounting period into another, known as "managing earnings". This
>| practice smoothes reported revenue streams, increases share value, and
>| misleads employees and shareholders. In addition to being unethical, it's
>| also illegal under U.S. Securities Law and violates Generally Accepted
>| Accounting Practices (Fink). ...
> `----
Business as usual I suppose.
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My reason tells me that land cannot be sold - nothing can be sold but
such things as can be carried away. Black Hawk, (Saulk)
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