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Ballmer Sounds Off

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the he'd-kick-my-ass-at-poker-and-monkey-dancing dept.

PreacherTom writes "Steve Ballmer shares his thoughts on the Web 2.0 phenomenon, Zune, XBox, Vista, Bill's upcoming 2008 retirement, the future of Microsoft, and other subjects. For example, regarding the GooTube deal: "Right now, there's no business model for YouTube that would justify $1.6 billion. And what about the rights holders? At the end of the day, a lot of the content that's up there is owned by somebody else. The truth is what Google is doing now is transferring the wealth out of the hands of rights holders into Google." He's blunt, if nothing else."

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  1. Re:if only... by FinchWorld · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What? Just one? :P

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  2. Re:let's face it... by BSOD+DOC · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Not jealously, moreso he seemed mad at himself for not having Microsoft buy/consume youtube instead of google...

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  3. Obligatory comment referring to Balmer video... by zarozarozaro · · Score: 0, Redundant

    of him stomping and screaming about how much he loves Microsoft. I'm pretty sure its on you tube.

    Maybe he just wants residuals...