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[HOV]

Ballmer: "You've got to be not just first in an area; you've got to be first with important innovations even in areas that you've pioneered."

USA TODAY reporter: "Well, you guys have proved over and over again being first is not necessarily ..."

Ballmer: "We love to be first."

Reporter: "You love to be first but ..."

Ballmer: "We love to be first."

Reporter: "You certainly weren't the first — you know, I mean, here looking at your ..."

Ballmer: "We love to be first. Well, our big success is Windows. We were first. Windows, we were first — and then everybody faded out because there was a period during which the concept was — I mean, Apple stuck around with their concept of that, but everybody else faded out, basically."

Jatkon voi lukea tästä osoitteesta:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005- ... over_x.htm

[heifetz]

Ballmerilla taitaa olla ehkä hiukan ongelmia egonsa kanssa...

[vesku]

<<He seems to want to do something about Microsoft's reputation as a brass-knuckled competitor and as an arrogant or uncaring supplier and partner. Part of the problem, Ballmer says, has been Microsoft's self-perception. It didn't understand how powerful it had become. Taking cues from Gates, Microsoft still thought like an underdog start-up.>>

Hehheh. Hyvin on jätkä aloittanut: viis vuotta apinana-oloa.

[stomi]

Suosittelen Ballmerille pikaista lääkityksen vahvistamista.

[heifetz]

Suosittelen Ballmerille pikaista lääkityksen vahvistamista.

Tai vähentämistä. En tiedä mitä kamaa se vetää kun tuollaista kommenttia suoltaa mutta vahvaa tuntuu olevan.

[kallekilponen]

Jonkun pitäisi opettaa mokomalle moukalle hieman tapoja...