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Microsoft CEO Claims iPhone Will Be Bust

Posted by Zonk on from the biased-source-just-maybe dept.

Theaetetus writes "In an interview with USA Today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer claimed there is no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. The article also deals with Microsoft's friction with the Justice Department, friction with Google, and the profitability of MSN. 'No chance. It's a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, I'd prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get. In the case of music, Apple got out early. They were the first to really recognize that you couldn't just think about the device and all the pieces separately. Bravo. Credit that to Steve (Jobs) and Apple. They did a nice job. But it's not like we're at the end of the line of innovation that's going to come in the way people listen to music, watch videos, etc. I'll bet our ads will be less edgy. But my 85-year-old uncle probably will never own an iPod, and I hope we'll get him to own a Zune.'"

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  1. He might already own an iPod by linuxtelephony · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It seems I recall reading about medical devices that were looking to store data on the iPod. Things like heart and other monitors that people wear for extended periods of time, with details of their condition recorded. The iPod becomes a bit of a 'flight data recorder'. They can store and listen to music, and at the same time they are able to have their medical data recorded for the doctor to review.

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  2. Re:Spoken Like a True Self-Deluded CEO by drix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your sig interests me. I think it can be phrased a little stronger: "the US government admits it is holding innocents at Guantanamo Bay." Google "nlec guantanamo" and see what comes up.

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    I think there is a world market for maybe five personal web logs.
  3. Ballmer Knows Something About Busts by TheMadcapZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whats he sportin now-a-days, 48C's?

  4. UAC by KJLam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whether or not UAC is a copy of sudo, it certainly has the potential to improve security across Windows user base which is a good thing and better than nothing.

    Anyhow if you are writing .NET applications, here's how to decorate application buttons etc. with the Vista UAC shield to indicate elevate-required actions since there doesn't seem to be any documentation on how to do this from within .NET: http://www.buildingsecurecode.com/2007/04/03/progr ammatically-displaying-the-windows-user-account-co ntrol-uac-elevated-shield-icon-in-net-windows-form -application-buttons/

    Thanks,

    Kevin

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