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Ballmer Admits "We Screwed Up Windows Mobile"

Posted by kdawson on from the chairs-have-been-thrown dept.

Barence writes "Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has blasted the company's own mobile operating system at the firm's Venture Capital Summit. One tweet from an attendee claims Ballmer said the company had 'screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7. They completely revamped the team.' Another claims Ballmer said 'we've pumped in some new talent. This will not happen again.' It's not the first time Ballmer has attacked Windows Mobile, having publicly stated that version 6.5 was 'not the full release we wanted.'"

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  1. Correction by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    "We Screwed Up Windows Mobile"

    s/Mobile//
    There you go.

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  2. Pumping by Angst+Badger · · Score: 5, Funny

    It would certainly explain a lot about the quality of the software coming out of Microsoft if their CEO is someone who thinks of "talent" as some liquid commodity you can "pump in" to a project.

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  3. Here's how you fix that Steve... by tha_toadman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Developers! Developers! Developers!

  4. Hey, that's our job by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft bashing Microsoft? This smells like step one in their plan to take over Slashdot.

  5. Re:Journalism by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really, you can't bash Microsoft. Unless you run Cygwin, of course.

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