During a keynote speech at the company’s TechNet/MSDN Briefings here Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer joked about recent remarks in which he branded iPod users as thieves.
“Ballmer earlier in the week had ruffled some feathers when he implied that iPod users might be thieves. Speaking in London, Ballmer said, ‘We’ve had DRM (digital rights management) in Windows for years. The most common format of music on an iPod is stolen,'” Lars Pasveer reports for CNET News. “He did not repeat that phrasing on Tuesday, instead saying, ‘I don’t know what I said exactly, but it was bad.'”
Pasveer reports, “When asked which MP3 player his son used, he answered jokingly, ‘My son doesn’t have an MP3 player. He has a Windows Media player.’ Everyone in his household knows that the protection of intellectual copyrights is important, he said. ‘It’s what puts food on the table.'”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: While Ballmer may have several hundred million dollars more than us, those of us who have kids have kids living a richer digital life, happily surrounded by Macs and iPods. It’s interesting that one can have all the money in world and still be stuck with Windows and saddled with a Dell DJ. Whatever it takes to put food on the table, right?
Oh I see, running away is he…
Takes one to know one.
I really think its time to cut down on the crack intake Steve, it starting to get to you.
SOLARFLARE–
MS didnt say that.. Ballmer said that most music on iPods is stolen..
big woop. most music on ANY music player is stolen.. hello?! you think ballmer’s kid doesnt use p2p?
MP3 is a format that you have to pay to codec… and the guy who owns the rights is very rich.
As for Ballmer’s dining room arrangement.. Windows puts food on that table.. Office puts food on that table..
not the freakin WM division..
balmer blows goats – he’s a fcuktard
Wow. How desperate is Microsoft to have Steve “Fatty Boom Boom” Balmer crack wise on iPod users?
Hey Bill, nervous much?
If we want to talk about bullshit illegal activities, I think Gates’ goes way back – speeding in his cars – which is a lot more dangerous than stealing a few songs from music monopolies.
Message to Ballmer – get bent.
If the iPod has 50% of the mp3 player market I’m guessing more windows people than mac people own an ipod. So you MS users are the evil ones.
He never said his son DOESN’T own an iPod
I’m sure the conversation in Bill’s office after the comment was something like this:
“Bad monkey – no cookie!”
Mr. Balmer is worth over $21 billion. I wonder how much of that fortune could be considered “stolen”? Hmmm….
Ponder this before you sit down to supper tonight:
Steve Ballmer giving Dick Cheney a French kiss.
Balmer’s son must be really bored – a Windows Media Player? The screen’s so small it could ruin your eyesight. It takes so long to convert a movie, you might as well just buy a portable DVD player.
Apple should sue Ballmer for libel!
Why Apple? It’s users he’s calling thieves and many of them are his customers. Maybe he didn’t notice, but iPod works with Windows too these days.
Stop, Balmer. Just…stop. Every time you open your mouth you just make things worse for yourself and for your company. Learn to STFU, monkey-man!
Bizarro Jeff
The one and only thing Steve did right in his life is get to be roommate with Bill; and that’s with dumb luck, not his own ability to put food on the table!!!
“Ballmer has a son? That means someone actually had sex with him!”
There are female apes, you know…
My iPod is full of music I paid for.
When was it exactly that Ballmer started working FOR Apple and the switcher campaign? The best thing is that Micro$oft actually pays him to do this stuff!
Let’s see… Mac’s are only 5% of the computer population, yet MOST of the stolen music around the world isn’t from the other 95%. R-i-i-i-i-i-g-h-t. Ballmer is the biggest lying pile-o-crap I’ve ever seen. He will say ANYTHING to support Microsuck. What a tool.
Ballmer is old and bold
Mr. Ballmer: “don’t know what I said exactly, but it was bad.” What a lame and pathetic attempt at damage control. After that outrageous remark,
Mr. Ballmer may end up doing doing a plate spinning act in Vegas inseat of working for MS.
JLM
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