Ballmer Sends Wakeup Call to Staff

Puneet writes "An MSNBC article outlines details of how the world's biggest software company seems to be facing a technology gap. Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft, sent a memo across the company basically saying that with no immediate breakthroughs in technology coming, and with the Linux computer operating system and a batch of other open-source programs biting at its heels, Microsoft will have to do a better job of persuading customers it has something they need. . Microsoft must "improve business consistency" so that customers are not hit with unexpected - and unwanted - changes. Also covered by Forbes but in lesser detail."

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Get yer quotation marks straight

[YeOldeGnurd]

The contributor says "Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft, sent a memo across the company basically saying [my emphasis] that with no immediate breakthroughs in technology coming, and with the Linux computer operating system and a batch of other open-source programs biting at its heels, Microsoft will have to do a better job of persuading customers it has something they need."

The actual article at MSNBC says:

HIS MESSAGE: With no immediate breakthroughs in technology coming, and with the Linux computer operating system and a batch of other open-source programs biting at its heels, Microsoft will have to do a better job of persuading customers it has something they need.

It's not kosher to lift a complex sentence like that from the article, preceded by "basically saying...."

When I read slashdot I expect journalistic integrity [insert laughtrack here]. Okay, but I at least hope that y'all can do better than the New York Times.

Insider Trading?

[StAugustineLovesYou]

If he real feels that MSFT is in trouble, and that their upcomming technologies will fail to be winners in the marketplace, then does this dumping of stock qualify as insider trading?