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Steve Ballmer on MS Server, Linux, Yahoo & More

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the embrace-extend-extiguish dept.

yorugua writes "Furniture trembled as Steve Ballmer was to be interviewed by InformationWeek. He then went on to talk about Linux: 'How does Microsoft beat Linux? The same way "you beat any other competitor: You offer good value, which in this case means good total cost of ownership," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says.', Embrace-Extend-Extinguish: 'We say when we embrace standards, we'll be transparent about how we're embracing standards. [...] If we have deviations, we'll be transparent about the deviations.'"

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  1. Frankly... by MadMidnightBomber · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd rather NOT hear about Steve Ballmer's deviations. Maybe that's just me.

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    1. Re:Frankly... by Reverend528 · · Score: 4, Funny

      There are certain things that no man should ever do to a chair.

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    2. Re:Frankly... by moderatorrater · · Score: 3, Funny

      So he doesn't like to "connect" to "networks" the same way that you do; who are you to judge?

    3. Re:Frankly... by JordanL · · Score: 5, Funny

      I find it mildly desturbing that the parent was modded "Informative" by anyone.

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    4. Re:Frankly... by Foofoobar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Personally, I'd like pictures, film footage, skin samples and hair cuttings of Steves deviations. But thts just me. I'm build am army of clones to enter into the Chair throwing event in the 2020 summer Olympics in Iowa.

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    5. Re:Frankly... by tirefire · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm from Iowa.

      Please don't get our hopes up like that.

    6. Re:Frankly... by MadMidnightBomber · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm not judging - I just don't want to know :p

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      "It doesn't cost enough, and it makes too much sense."
    7. Re:Frankly... by Dasher42 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I find it mildly desturbing that the parent was modded "Informative" by anyone.

      But now you know. And knowing is half the battle!

    8. Re:Frankly... by Enlightenment · · Score: 3, Funny

      The other half is trying to forget...

  2. Furniture trembled? by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 3, Funny

    He'll never live that down :D

    1. Re:Furniture trembled? by NineNine · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, he won't ever live that down. That's because his insistence on "Developers, developers, developers!!" is what's going to keep MS in the lead for the forseeable future. Too bad there aren't any OSS people as excited about supporting their developers.

    2. Re:Furniture trembled? by smittyoneeach · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sure, he said "Developers, developers, developers!!"
      but are you familiar with the reply?

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    3. Re:Furniture trembled? by Machtyn · · Score: 2, Funny

      But did you know where he's going to take them?

  3. Really? by bhunachchicken · · Score: 3, Funny

    "How does Microsoft beat Linux? The same way you beat any other competitor: You offer good value"

    So what were Vista, Zune and the Xbox 360 all about then..? ;)

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  4. Steve Ballmer's favourite word by microbox · · Score: 2, Funny

    Interviewer: So... tell us about windows server 2008

    Balmer: We innovated ... innovated, the developers can then ... innovate, and when we're done with ... innovative testing and furniture distribution innovation. That's how we do business.

    I think they've got brilliant business and marketing knowhow - but somehow with all of their talent you'd expect more innovation. I guess it must be a sore point for them.

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    Like all pain, suffering is a signal that something isn't right
  5. Re:TCO: Doesn't include the hardware to run Vista by maird · · Score: 5, Funny

    Vista is only 1/2 as slow on the same hardware

    I had to ask...on what hardware is Vista twice as fast?

  6. value by pak9rabid · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I had a nickel every time Ballmer squeezed in the world 'value' into a sentence, I'd be a very valuable person.

  7. Re:How does microsoft beat linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ... and forcing "upgrades" down OEM and user's throats.

    Their *3* ways they beat any competitor are: purchasing rivals, offering the same product with 10x the marketing force, forcing "upgrades" down OEM and user's throats, and an almost fanatical devotion to incompatibly extending established standards ...

    Their *4* ways... no... amongst the ways they beat any competitor ... ... I'll come in again.

  8. Re:If you can't beat them, join them. by nguy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Open your source, the we (the rest of the world) can fix your code...

    Don't bet on it; it may be beyond repair.

  9. Obligatory youtube link by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aparently his version of TCO doesn't include buying completely new machines in order to run Vista.

    No one does bloatware like Microsoft!

  10. Re:If you tell a lie long enough by markbark · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux would face all the same issues if it were uses daily by the same semi competent to non competent users that Windows has to deal with.

    You mean all those MS certified admins really have no idea how to run an enterprise infrastructure?
    SAY IT AIN'T SO

    --MAB

  11. Re:TCO: Doesn't include the hardware to run Vista by xSauronx · · Score: 2, Funny

    I read about IBM and their new z10's the other day...

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  12. Re:And now for something completely different... by Drasil · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...and an almost fanatical devotion to developers, developers, developers!