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Ballmer Calls Android a "Press Release"

Posted by kdawson on from the laugha-while-you-can dept.

Bergkamp10 writes "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tried to shoot down Google's new mobile platform at a press conference in Tokyo. Ballmer called Android a mere 'press release' at present, and said the mobile platform market is 'Microsoft's world.' Ballmer dodged requests to comment on specifics of the Android software platform, preferring instead to highlight the successes of the Windows Mobile platform which he said is on 150 different handsets and is available from over 100 different mobile operators. 'Well of course their efforts are just some words on paper right now, it's hard to do a very clear comparison [with Windows Mobile],' Ballmer said. 'Right now they have a press release, we have many, many millions of customers, great software, many hardware devices and they're welcome in our world,' he added."

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  1. Re:Wel... by Thoguth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ballmer's a nut job sure, but is he saying anything absolutely, quantifiably wrong or deceitful here? Well, it's somewhat deceitful to try to sound like MS owns the mobile space, when really they're 3rd or fourth place. "Welcome to our house?" Yes, welcome to last place in the smartphone OS marketplace.
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  2. Re:Vaporware? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If MS made vacuum cleaners? That's the only time their product wouldn't suck.