Ballmer Admits Google Apps Are Biting Into MS Office

twitter points out coverage of a discussion between Steve Ballmer and two Gartner analysts in which the Microsoft CEO admits that Google Apps is enjoying an advantage over Office by users who want to share their documents. He points to Office Live as their response to Google, and adds, "Google has the lead, but, if we're good at advertising, we'll compete with them in the consumer business." Whether or not they're good at advertising is still in question, if their recent attempts are any indication. Ballmer also made statements indicating some sort of arrangement with Yahoo! could still be in the works, but Microsoft was quick to step on that idea. Regarding Windows Vista, he said Microsoft was prepared for people to skip it altogether, and that Microsoft would be "ready" when it was time to deploy Windows 7.

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Misquote.

[base3]

Ballmer actually said "Google and their apps can bite me."

I don't believe it

[garett_spencley]

Ballmer was supposed to fucking kill Google. He's like Chuck Norris and stuff ... only with chairs. No way is this happening. I won't believe it. Slashdot is all lies.

Re:I don't believe it

[dark42]

Chuck Norris doesn't need chairs, if he needs to sit down, he just grabs the nearest person and shapes their backbone into a chair.

Re:Google Apps is pretty useful

[mrsteveman1]

I don't want goo on my server, i keep my porn elsewhere for a reason.

Re:Well, here we go

[HangingChad]

Choice is Good. Specialization is for insects.

Microsoft Dung Beetle. Now that's a catchy product name!