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Steve Ballmer Reveals His Secret Twitter Account
alphadogg writes "'Quietly' is not a word that would usually describe any action performed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. But quietly is exactly how Ballmer has conducted himself on Twitter, a site he joined over a year ago unbeknownst to most of the technology world. Just a few days ago, Ballmer was speaking in Kiev, Ukraine, and according to a transcript on the Microsoft website, Ballmer responded to an audience member who asked 'when are you going to start tweeting?' Ballmer said: 'I have a Twitter account. I'm just very private about who I really am on Twitter.'"
Isn't the entire point of twitter communicating with a large audience? If no one knows who you are, then what's the point?
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
Once again I find the summary lacking. I had to read TFA to find the actual link to his twitter: http://twitter.com/stevebmicrosoft. There really isn't much there.. which explains why: a) he didn't announce it, and b) why we shouldn't care. Which of course leads to: c) why is this on slashdot?
Wow.
I get your sentiment, but you're just pulling numbers out of the sky now. Microsoft makes a huge chunk of cash from Server, SQL, Exchange, SharePoint, etc and the associated CALs for those products. They are also becoming a force in the small to mid-size ERP world with Dynamics. And you can't swing a dead cat without hitting another MS CRM installation.
As anyone that does anything near corporate IT shops knows, Microsoft's presence in the back office is not a "hobby."
You're saying that the current Office is "demonstrably worse" than the 1985 version? I am having a very hard time taking that seriously :) But, for argument's sake: please demonstrate.
Also, when you say "worse," what do you mean? More RAM usage? More disk usage? Performance? Usability? Functionality?
Current user interface on "windoze" is nice. I like it. Please define, objectively, "garbage," otherwise your anecdotal "I hate it!" is just as worthless as my anecdotal "I like it."
I could always one-up the anecdotal evidence argument: I am comparing to extensive gnome usage (Ubuntu 10.10) and limited kde 4x usage (Sabayon). I'm able to move around and quicker in Windows. I like the pinned-to-taskbar program thing. Jumplists are nice on occasion.