The New York Times is running a photo taken by Ramin Talaie of Bloomberg News. The photo shows Kevin B. Rollins of Dell, Sean Maloney of Intel, Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, Hisatsugu Nonaka of Toshiba, Hector Ruiz of Advanced Micro Devices and Todd Bradley of Hewlett-Packard at the big kick-off for Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system on Monday in New York:
A picture paints a thousand words:
Larger image via The New York Times here.
MacDailyNews Take: Wow. Enthusiasm is contagious – and so is the lack of it.
See also: No huge crowds for midnight Vista launch – BusinessWeek, January 30, 2007
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Wow, the whose who of loosers!
Pat,
Why can’t they go 5 years without innovation? They went over 20 years prior without innovation!
” Uncle Fester starts throwing the stools about the place . . .”
Why did Ballmer’s doctor get a brown Zune?
He asked Steve for a stool sample.
Such charisma! A perfect example of why Microsoft is doomed to failure.
Is the dude from AMD asleep?
Deep down, they know.
Insert sound of crickets now…
Does Vista actually work on AMD chips? Last I heard, it was only able to be run on Intel processor lines. Not that it really matters. My 1 year-old Powerbook and Tiger will do for me just fine until I can save up for a spiffy new Macbook Pro. On a side note, I really wish they’d add the magnetic lid of the Macbook to the Macbook Pro. I still need to get my Powerbook’s latch fixed after the strap on my case snapped while over my shoulder. That’s the one thing I really, really liked about the Macbook, no latches or catches.
I think they’re all sedated..
The Dull Edge Of Tech.
Monkey boy should have broke into dance.
“Wow’ is it over yet?
they’re tired from signing autographs. Give them a break.
cut them some slack.. they’ve been signing autographs all day..
Anyone hears the crickets?
I agree. This is an instant classic and deserves to show up with every Vista article.
You know what? I bet that the ardent M$ fanbois (any who happen to be under 30) must be feeling quite uncomfortable right now. Nothing quite says “lame” as much as bored old men trying to party it up for your new OS, does it?
But the cognitive dissonance of M$ fans is only matched by those who “were for the war before they were against it.”
Stuffed suits…
Wow Vista SP1 is only 8 months away!
They all look like they just took a laxative a few hours ago and are afraid it will start to kick in.
I’d have sent the gardener to represent me at that event…
I hate that old, stupid cliché. Yhere are no amount of words that can describe a picture, as images do not reside in words.
Yes, I’m cranky today…
Wait for the pics of lines of people snaking through the malls and around buildings waiting for Leopard. What a contrast.
6 to 1. That’s what they need to try and get excitement for something Apple needs one, Jobs.
Look at the dias? Lack of enthusiasm. Boredom. No inspiration. Pitifull.
The fact that they are all covering their ‘nads speaks volumes…
Bitenova: “fucking fake piece of shit”
These comments are hilarious and represent a small percentage of the tens of thousands who are trying to download a free or hacked copy of Vista.
The fifth comment from the top is the entire Vista experience in a microcosm.
Mr. Gates should have sprinkled ants on at least one of them before going onstage. There’s nothing like the feeling of crawling with ants just before appearing in public, especially, at the launch of one of the most formidable products in decades. Huffing some gasoline might have added some interest, too.
Now, Redmond needs a cool-down. They’ve just descended from Mount Olympus…they’ve mingled with the Gods. Vista is their crowning glory. Still, it must be a frightful burden knowing that OSX is about to squat over your interface. It’s so exciting…like ants.