Steve Jobs’ “resignation as CEO and new position of chairman leaves him still heavily involved in the company he helped co-found 35 years ago,” Tom Warren reports for WinRumors.
“Although Microsoft hasn’t issued an official statement on Steve Jobs’ resignation, some employees have shared their thoughts over Twitter,” Warren reports. “Microsoft’s Senior Director of Communications, Bill Cox, wished Jobs well. ‘Wishing the best to Steve Jobs – a true legend in the tech industry and beyond,’ said Cox in a message on Twitter.”
Warren reports, “Stephen Toulouse, Director of Xbox LIVE Policy and Enforcement at Microsoft, also had kind words for Jobs. ‘I don’t have any snark for Steve Jobs resigning, mainly because I fear it’s due to health and he’s a true tech pioneer and visionary,’ said Toulouse in a Twitter message. Microsoft employees Jeff Johnson and Patrick Hevesi were in the middle of a Tech-Ed New Zealand demonstration when they used the New York Times website in a demonstration and saw the breaking news of Jobs resignation. The moment was met with laughter (see the video in the full article) but they did wish Jobs well and hoped he was OK.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Ballmer et al. have far too little class to release an official statement regarding the resignation of the man to whom their derivative outfit owes everything.
From Monkey Boy to MDN:
Class? What’s that?
Apple employees react to Steve Ballmer’s resignation:
“Please never go!!”
Microsoft employee reaction:
“Please never go!”
Who else would they copy?
Anything Monkey Boy has to say will appear disingenuous, so why bother? He owes all his success to Steve, so, IMO, he can STFU!
All I can say is Ballmer must have twisted his nut when he heard the news.
Hey monkey ball take a shower you’re sticky and too smelly – head out to damascus moron
You felt something?
Lol! A disturbance in the Force, perhaps?
“The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste, they have absolutely no taste” ~ Steve Jobs
Not a fan of Google, care less about Schmidt and Vic but at least they tried to say something nice.
“”Steve Jobs is the most successful CEO in the U.S. of the last 25 years. He uniquely combined an artist’s touch and an engineer’s vision to build an extraordinary company, one of the greatest American leaders in history.” ~ Eric Schmidt.
Google executive Vic Gundotra praised Mr. Jobs as “one of the greatest leaders I’ve ever met.”
“Since I was 11 years old and fell in love with an Apple II, I have dozens of stories to tell about Apple products. They have been a part of my life for decades. Even when I worked for 15 years for Bill Gates at Microsoft, I had a huge admiration for Steve and what Apple had produced.
“But in the end, when I think about leadership, passion and attention to detail, I think back to the call I received from Steve Jobs on a Sunday morning in January. It was a lesson I’ll never forget. CEOs should care about details. Even shades of yellow. On a Sunday.
“To one of the greatest leaders I’ve ever met, my prayers and hopes are with you Steve.”
I’m not going to provide any links on this.
Schmidt continued, “Google learned everything we know about building mobile devices from Steve.”
Jeff Johnson and Patrick Hevesi < MS bunch of morons.
MDN’s take is spot on as usual!
Who cares what they think? What people say publicly and how they REALLY feel are usually polar opposites…
Microsoft fans can’t help being stupid any more than a skunk can help being stinky. It’s in their DNA.
The laughter was a nervous laugh to hide the way they really wanted to react, as in “Cr*p, what are we going to do for ideas and innovations now?”
Apple isn’t going anywhere, and neither is their innovation
Dear Microsoft,
Go to hell. I’ve never been so happy to not work someplace anymore. May you collapse under your own ponderous weight very soon. And don’t say no one tried to warn you.
-ChrissyOne
They laughed at the news of his resignation?!?! Are you f-ing kidding me?!?!?!
Steve left at the right time, just as Microsoft and Apple were becoming closer as friends just like the beginning of Apple. It’s a nice ending.
Of course there is still the common enemy of Google.