Ballmer discusses life after Vista

Posted by ShpiDERa

The much-anticipated Zune, Microsoft's portable music player entry,
has received mixed reviews, and demand has been tepid. Sure,
Vista made its debut, finally, last week--but only for business customers.
The Windows XP successor, more than five years in the making, didn't make it into
consumers' hands for the all-important holiday sales season. Ditto for Office 2007,
the flagship of the company's second most-profitable product line.

Posted by higbvuyb

Well, it's not like you're going to give someone an OS for Christmas.

Posted by Trigger

DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS!

I LOVE THIS COMPANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Philsdad

Quoting Trigger: DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS!

I LOVE THIS COMPANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I first saw the flim [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/"]Pirates of Silicon Valley[/URL], I figured the Ballmer character had to be exaggerated and there was no way he could be that much of a total dufus in real life. Then I saw the Developers video, and the one where he is covered in sweat stains, screaming like a lunatic. Good stuff.

Posted by Trigger

I have never laughed harder at a Microsoft representative, it really was golden; the song was a bit much, but the actual video was hilarious. I have never seen Pirates of Silicon Valley, though - I'm sure that it would be part-way amusing just for the Steve Ballmer factor alone.