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Ballmer Hits 10th Anniversary As Microsoft CEO

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bill-icon-remains-intact dept.

bednarz writes "Ten years ago on Jan. 13, 2000, Microsoft's Bill Gates turned over the CEO reins to Steve Ballmer. Back in 2000, Microsoft was still under threat of being broken up by the Department of Justice. Today, Ballmer is trying to meld enterprise and cloud computing. He has spent the past decade working through lawsuits, mergers, acquisitions, competitive battles and, of course, new software including Windows 7, which could become the legacy of his leadership at Microsoft. Not that we'll ever forget Ballmer's 'developers, developers, developers' rant."

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  1. but..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did they mention his important work in the field of chairodynamics?

    or

    How about his charitable donations of 288,000 pints of human sweat?

    1. Re:but..... by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      You misspelled chairitable.

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  2. Re:Also titled by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Microsoft: A Decade of Failure"

    George Bush already owns the rights to that phrase.

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  3. Was it only me by fridaynightsmoke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Was it just me who read the headline "Ballmer Hits..." and my mind automatically filled in with " ...XXX With A Chair" ?

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  4. Chairs??? by The+Grim+Reefer2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not that we'll ever forget Ballmer's 'developers, developers, developers' rant."

    Or flying chairs.

    1. Re:Chairs??? by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      Even when he will eventually resign, he will still be remembered as the chairman of Microsoft. Now THAT's a legacy!

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    2. Re:Chairs??? by Xest · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's cos Bill didn't have the physical strength to lift and throw a chair being the penultimate geek.

      One must wonder though if even before Ballmer took over he had a penchant for throwing chairs, even at chief Bill. Certainly Bill had mad chair evasion skills:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxaCOHT0pmI

      I wonder if this is why Microsoft has a history of buggy software? Because rather than managing properly Bill and Ballmer spent half their time in the office playing dodgeball with chairs or something?

    3. Re:Chairs??? by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's true. Slashdot has modded up jokes about flying chairs every day for the last five years.

      "He threw a chair at it!"

      HAHAHAHA HO HO HO HO HEEE HEE HEE HEE HEE.

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  5. Re:Icon Change? by PhilHibbs · · Score: 3, Funny

    The "ballster" picture is my favourite.

  6. Re:Also titled by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate it when you liberals are always so negative. Why can't you rephrase it to make it sound positive. Like, "say what you want about GWB, but you have to give him that: He accomplished a decade of failure in just 8 years."

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  7. Re:Moron by fridaynightsmoke · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have you ever _used_ Vista?

    Has anyone?

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  8. Re:Moron by david.given · · Score: 3, Funny

    Have you ever _used_ Vista?

    Has anyone?

    What else should I run my Windows ME emulator on?

  9. Re:It seems to me .... by StikyPad · · Score: 4, Funny

    he doesn't know jack about the engines and also has no idea what tools to use.

    When all you have is a chair, all your problems look like developers.

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