“To its credit, despite my frequent, loudmouthed criticism, Microsoft has graciously offered to let me sit in on a Vista and Office launch event in New York. CEO Steve Ballmer will be there, and apparently there will be a ‘moderated Q&A’ after we have a little nosh,” Seth Jayson reports for The Motley Fool.
“I’d love to ask Ballmer, “Dude, can I ‘squirt’ you a little something from my brown Zune?” so he could see just how lame “the social” is in reality. Or I’d like to hit him with, “Why did uninstalling Office 2007 cripple my Office 2003 software?” and share my ongoing reinstallation nightmare,” Jayson writes. “But instead, I’m going to give this opportunity to all you Fools out there. Assuming they let me up to the mic following this little stunt, I hereby pledge my face time to ask a question of your suggestion.”
Jayson writes, “Wondering why Mr. Softy doesn’t just leave the portable media space to Apple? Want to know why it continues to butt heads with Google and Yahoo! on search, even though it’s getting trounced? Want to know why there’s still so little video and music content on the Xbox 360, despite serious, device-integrated challenges from Disney and Sony?”
Jayson writes, “Here’s your chance to query Microsoft.”
Send your suggestions to Mr. Seth Jayson here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Adam W.” for the heads up.]
Don’t bother sending “Why don’t you seek professional help?” as we’ve already sent that one in ourselves.
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First a joke question…
What does Steve Ballmer’s home town do for an idiot since he left?
And, more seriously…
The product you’re announcing today is a pale facsimile of the functionality originally slated for Vista.
Firstly, why has it taken five years to deliver so little in the way of new functionality?
Secondly, what went wrong in the development cycle that Microsoft promised so much and delivered so little? Is the problem in the way the company is managed? Or is it in the way the development process is managed? Or did you just bite off more than you could chew?
Thirdly, when can your customers expect to see the “missing” functionality?
Fourthly, when will Microsoft deliver Windows XP SP3?
Answer: “Because I am a multiBillionaire. That’s Bah-illions with a B… Uh, sorry, were you asking a question?”
Mikrosopht suk
Is that fat guy bag-sweat I smell?
What drugs were you on the day of your “Developer’s! Developer’s! Developer’s! Developer’s! Developer’s! ad infinitum” performance?
What anti-Persperant did you use? I want to know so that I don’t waste my money on that particular product.
What exactly causes that nasty, thick, yellow, film on your tongue?
Fanatic Realist,
Are you a MSFT shareholder? Seriously.
You need to stand up at the next shareholder’s meeting and ask your serious questions, pointedly and directly.
Maybe you’ll get thrown a chair. Or more likely you’ll get escorted out. Those would just validate your questions.
But as an Apple forum, why should we care? Current MS management has been manna for Apple.
THE ULTIMATE QUESTION: WHY BOTHER?
Settle a bet for me… Is ignorance bliss?
Do you actually believe the things that you say?
If my Mac has proven immune, out of the box, to adware, spyware and all sorts of malware, then why does Vista require special security software?
On what years are you targeting profitability for the entertainment and search divisions?
So how’s your Uncle Fester, do you guys catch up often and is he your business inspiration?
Nooflit tingle my jinglebit. Floogiflebit to klord?
Does Microsoft have any real vision (total world domination doesn’t count)?
Who ate all the pies, who ate all the pies, you fat bastard, you fat bastard, who ate all the pies!
PLEASE please ask him when he will go back to selling used cars.
From all I read about the man it must be where he started out!
PLEASE please ask him when he will go back to selling used cars.
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From all I read about the man it must be where he started out!
Define user “potential”, then compare and contrast OS X and Windows Vista in terms of meeting user potential.
How come you so stupid?
I’d love to give him some questions on innovation, but the ‘privacy statement’ on Motley Fool has put me off registering. I do not want my email address given to random commercial enterprises.
Ask the monkey, “Isn’t about time you pulled the rip cord on your golden parachute?
When you are you going to shut down Microsoft and give the money back to the shareholders?
Your margins are slipping and your products are bug ridden insecure unusable crap.
Microsoft… Your problems, caused by our products.
MDN Magic Word “question”
Do you really think you will be employable after you finish fucking up M$’s dominating market position?
under pressure…
I’ve been taking a lot of medication recently, but nothing so powerful as to make me consider purchasing MSFT shares.
Why?
Back on the 5th September 2004, MSFT was worth $292.75 billion. At the close of the market yesterday, it was worth $300 billion.
I don’t know much about investing, but I’m sure you’re supposed to see more of a return than that.
Actually, I know what’s wrong at Microsoft so most of my questions are rhetorical. Although, I do suspect that Ballmer and the rest of the senior management team have no clue about the problems at Microsoft or, at the most extreme, that there are problems at Microsoft.
If you ever wondered what it would be like to be a witness to the demise of the Roman Empire, watch Microsoft over the next ten years – it’ll be a hoot.
Let’s talk about your private life Mr. Ballmer.
Do you have a photo of Steve Jobs and Jonathon Ives on your dartboard at home?
Do you secretly watch Steve Jobs Keynote’s in the privacy of your own home and:
a.) sob uncontrollably?
or
b.) throw every chair in the room at the screen?
Umm-kaay…and our final question.
When you were a child, were you ever reprmanded by teachers or parents for poor anger management? Maybe throwing things when you could not have your way, or when you got so mad because a classmate had something better what you had, but money could not buy it for you? Because maybe the kid made the toy himself and it was just more fun than any of your store bought toys?