“I think it finally happened. We’d all been expecting it for a while now, but not quite so suddenly or emphatically: Steve Ballmer has gone completely insane,” Robert X. Cringely writes for Infoworld.
“It happened at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference. Somebody must have asked him why Microsoft waited three years before attempting to take on the iPhone and Android with Windows Phone 7,” Cringely writes. “According to CNN, Ballmer replied: ‘We’re early; there’s no question we’re early…. I think we kind of nailed it. When you see it, you just go ‘ooooh.””
Cringely writes, “I suppose if we’re talking geological time, then Ballmer’s right, Microsoft is on the cusp of the smartphone epoch, and the dinosaurs just went for a dip in the tar pits. But in a market where a three-month-old device needs to be checked for liver spots and signs of dementia, spotting the competition three-plus years and then coming up with something that almost meets the smartphone standards set in 2007 is not exactly being early. It’s certainly not ‘nailing’ it — unless we’re talking about a coffin.”
“If I had an office anywhere near the C-level on Microsoft’s campus, I’d want to make sure all the sharp implements were carefully hidden and all the chairs were nailed to the floor,” Cringely writes.
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MacDailyNews Take: Sadly, over what will certainly be a major hit to the humor quotient, we don’t believe that even Microsoft’s investors are in deep enough comas to allow this buffoon to survive as CEO after Windows Phone ’07 fails to set the world on fire in 2011. To have a realistic shot at catching a whiff of Apple’s fumes, Microsoft needed Windows Phone ’15 in 2011, not Windows Phone ’07. They’re already eight years behind. Ballmer chances of remaining CEO after this plays out are not good.
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First your a dumbass for buying the dame windows phone
When u change ‘early’ to ‘delusional’ and ‘nailed’ to ‘lost’ it all makes much better sense.
When u change ‘early’ to ‘delusional’ and ‘nailed’ to ‘lost’ it all makes much better sense.
The question to Balmer is. Compared to what???? CE6??? A feature phone?
Nailed it? Like in what? Stuck at the starting line? Blown engine? Hide against wall?
The real question is when will MS cut and run like they normally do on this project!
The question to Balmer is. Compared to what???? CE6??? A feature phone?
Nailed it? Like in what? Stuck at the starting line? Blown engine? Hide against wall?
The real question is when will MS cut and run like they normally do on this project!
When you compare how long it took them to produce the garbage vista they produced the garbage wp7 in much less time so by THEIR standards, yes they are early and since this will hopefully be their coffin
…they nailed it.
When you compare how long it took them to produce the garbage vista they produced the garbage wp7 in much less time so by THEIR standards, yes they are early and since this will hopefully be their coffin
…they nailed it.
for everybody:
If you are/were a chick, would you put out to Ballmer?
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MDN: “Ballmer(‘s) chances of remaining CEO after this [failure of Windows Phone ’07] plays out are not good.”
Yeah. I’m inclined to agree with the MDN take.
I opined a few weeks ago that I didn’t think he’d make it to 2013. I guess we’ll see.
Until then, ‘May he remain CEO for as long as it takes!’
MDN: “Ballmer(‘s) chances of remaining CEO after this [failure of Windows Phone ’07] plays out are not good.”
Yeah. I’m inclined to agree with the MDN take.
I opined a few weeks ago that I didn’t think he’d make it to 2013. I guess we’ll see.
Until then, ‘May he remain CEO for as long as it takes!’
Ah shucks, it was fun while it lasted.
Ah shucks, it was fun while it lasted.
he real question is when will MS cut and run like they normally do on this project!
he real question is when will MS cut and run like they normally do on this project!
What really annoys me about Ballmer is that he refuses to admit the obvious truth to the public. It’s like he thinks he’s got Jobs’ DRF going but people just aren’t buying it. Apple could (and has) gotten away with spinning things and creating a new reality but M$ just doesn’t have that ability. At their core they are and have always been a company focued on businesses and not consumers. Witness Ballmers comments on the original iPhone. When it comes to consumers they’re like a fish out of water, you can FUD a business client because do much can be at stake, but not a consumer. If you buy a zune and don’t like it you can easily put it on eBay and buynand iPod instead.
What really annoys me about Ballmer is that he refuses to admit the obvious truth to the public. It’s like he thinks he’s got Jobs’ DRF going but people just aren’t buying it. Apple could (and has) gotten away with spinning things and creating a new reality but M$ just doesn’t have that ability. At their core they are and have always been a company focued on businesses and not consumers. Witness Ballmers comments on the original iPhone. When it comes to consumers they’re like a fish out of water, you can FUD a business client because do much can be at stake, but not a consumer. If you buy a zune and don’t like it you can easily put it on eBay and buynand iPod instead.
I love it Ballmer, I love it~!!! hilarious
I love it Ballmer, I love it~!!! hilarious
Ah, yes. Ballmer…the most deserving recipient of “The Luckiest College Dorm Room Assignment in History” award.
And constantly striving to live up to all it implies.
Ah, yes. Ballmer…the most deserving recipient of “The Luckiest College Dorm Room Assignment in History” award.
And constantly striving to live up to all it implies.
Just in time to miss the boat.
Just in time to miss the boat.
“I like our strategy, I like it a lot”
“I like our strategy, I like it a lot”