“Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was egged by a protester during a speech he gave at a Hungarian University,” Matt Asay reports for CNET.
“As this video shows, the protester rose to his feet to challenge Microsoft for stealing billions in Hungarian taxpayer money, then started hurling eggs at Ballmer, who was forced to take cover behind a desk,” Asay reports.
Steve Balmer egged (angle 1):
Direct link to video via YouTube here.
Steve Balmer egged (angle 2):
Direct link to video via YouTube here.
Asay’s full blog post via CNET here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Pyeman” for the heads up.]
Ahh, the memories. Hopefully, those eggs were properly aged. Too bad the protester wasn’t more closely related to Al Hrabosky.
In these times, you never know if someone is pulling out an egg or a gun. Must of scared the sh*t out of Balmer. Not cool
I agree, tres not cool, but was Ballmer ducking behind The BigAss Table? See, it IS useful afterall!
Ballmer took it in stride – good for him.
He has now met somebody kookier than his own kooky self.
It does give new meaning to the word ovation.
everyone seems to be complaining about how wrong this is to throw eggs at someone…. I didn’t hear the tape just watched it… not the best to do but…. wish I saw him get hit with an egg or two. Just think back in the 80’s and early 90’s when they would just take over companies and such…. im sure many people would have loved to toss an egg or two.
Either or… M$ is making their own grave.
“That broke my train of thought” said Ballmer.
Thought? You actually have thoughts? I find that hard to believe.
The protester was escorted outside and flogged with a Microsoft mouse.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer just couldn’t resist:
“Egg-thrower makes Ballmer scramble”
It could have been worse. He could have used the whole chicken.
And what did the eggs have to say after all this?
Not a peep.
I clicked on this video thinking I was in for a laugh, but WTF, that guy was a nut! File a petition, get a group to argue, but don’t just go around throwing eggs you fuc*ing maniac! Kudos for Ballmer for handling that well.
T0 all you superior types who find this behavior so unacceptable, it’s simply nothing compared to this:
http://www.garfnet.org.uk/joomla/content/view/118/16/
“Make a point by not buying/using their products, don’t egg.”
Well that’s the whole point, they have been unable to ‘not buy’ the product.
I’m just glad they showed him to the eggsit quichely.
This is a case where “the enemy of my enemy” is not always my friend.
Putting myself in SB’s shoes, I hope I would handle myself as well as he did, which was far better than the miscreant that tossed the eggs!
Much as I may disagree with Mr. Ballmer and his leadership, this is completely uncalled-for and disrespectful. Protestors like this are people with a few bad ideas that need to use violence to “prove their point.”
Ballmer did a good job handling the situation – kudos to him for the way he handled this.
Punish the guy by making him use Vista, Virtual PC, and a Zune for the rest of his life. Or better yet, let him be roomies with Zune Tang for a year.
Hey, the guy could have thrown a chair.
Now who did that? hmmm? I can’t work up a whole lot of sympathy for someone getting an egg, who himself has tossed chairs.
What goes around comes around as mom always said.
I’m with Spark, Pierre and Blue Dream et al…
Not cool — too high school Halloween.
Those eggs might be the only things in that room that have been laid.
Reality is that it easily could have been a gun.
I think this will give a wake up call to lots of CEO’s, including Steve Jobs. Ballmer may actually win when it come to mercy…I fear what would happen if someone threw eggs at Steve Jobs. If it had been a streaker with a cream pie, it would have been hilarious, but throwing raw eggs is terrible.
I know when I’m outclassed.
A streaker with a cream pie would have been okay?
Are you serious?
Ampar, remember when you asked me to tell you when you were being a tit? Well you’re doing it now.
That was really uncalled for. How many hypocrites are cheering somebody throwing eggs at Ballmer over nothing but cursing countries at war?
eh… he throws like a girl
@Eddie…fer crissakes….can you not understand humour. Ampar is the D’Artagnan of jokesters with his rapier wit. Many of us come to read his funny posts. Is egg throwing cool? No and I didn’t see him write ‘Death to Ballmer’ either.
Now sit back and take a deep draw on a big cup of STFU.