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News Ballmer says Google is one trick pony

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Tim S, 19 Mar 2007.

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  1. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    Tim S, 19 Mar 2007
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  2. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    The thing is that Google is absolutely superb at what it does.
     
    DougEdey, 19 Mar 2007
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  3. Woodstock

    Woodstock So Say We All

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    well i will continue to use google and its products cant say that about any microsoft product
     
    Woodstock, 19 Mar 2007
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  4. kenco_uk

    kenco_uk I unsuccessfully then tried again

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    What a weird tongue.
     
    kenco_uk, 19 Mar 2007
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  5. plagio

    plagio What's a Dremel?

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    That guy is funny. I wouldn't want him as CEO at my company (if I had one) but I am sure I would have a laugh with him at the pub.
     
    plagio, 19 Mar 2007
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  6. flabber

    flabber What's a Dremel?

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    Balmer is a scary guy who starts sweating and swearing if others seem to do a better job as what he should be doing.
     
    flabber, 19 Mar 2007
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  7. koola

    koola Minimodder

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    Apart from Office, although OpenOffice is catching up ;)

    Googles online office based productivity suite is good, but web based and no where near Office/OpenOffice standards.


    And yeah, Ballmer is just jealous of Googles business model :hehe:
     
    koola, 19 Mar 2007
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  8. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    He is paid to say that kind of stuff though...
     
    RTT, 19 Mar 2007
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  9. Guest-16

    Guest-16 Guest

    I want to be a multi billion dollar one trick pony too!
     
    Guest-16, 19 Mar 2007
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  10. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    Well, you're definately a pony :p
     
    DougEdey, 19 Mar 2007
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  11. calking13

    calking13 What's a Dremel?

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    ugh did you have to use that picture? I couldn't focus on reading the article with him there.
     
    calking13, 19 Mar 2007
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  12. r4tch3t

    r4tch3t hmmmm....

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    I just want the pony.
    Yeah it is a bit disturbing.
     
    r4tch3t, 19 Mar 2007
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  13. devenfore

    devenfore LANCandy

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    It's Ballmer the Hutt!
     
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  14. Tyinsar

    Tyinsar 6 screens 1 card since Nov 17 2007

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    :hehe: , yeah, disturbing & distracting picture. Why do they continue to let the court jester speak for them?
     
    Tyinsar, 19 Mar 2007
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  15. Woodstock

    Woodstock So Say We All

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    as would i
    i always get the impression that ballmer is insecure with his position at microsoft
     
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  16. Solidus

    Solidus Superhuman

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    Seeing that picture has put me off my food for life =/
     
    Solidus, 19 Mar 2007
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  17. Lakeuk

    Lakeuk What's a Dremel?

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    I wonder if you allowed to use Google at Microsoft, or whether it's a sackable offence
     
    Lakeuk, 20 Mar 2007
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  18. TheoGeo

    TheoGeo What are these goddamn animals?!

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    relying on advertising as you income does not make you a "one trick pony" and really couldn't be considered a poor buisness model. Hundreds of companies and some of the biggest companies in the world are advertising companies.
     
    TheoGeo, 21 Mar 2007
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  19. acron^

    acron^ ePeen++;

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    Does anyone actually use any other [legal] search engines anymore?
     
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  20. The_Pope

    The_Pope Geoff Richards Super Moderator

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    And now, for our latest trick, we're going to lose hundreds of millions of dollars making a video game console.... If Sony hadn't dropped the ball so spectacularly with PS3 (and therefore Xbox 360 wasn't doing as well) they Mr Diversity wouldn't sound so clever, eh?

    Ballmer's upset that MSN Search is so rubbish. Xbox aside, what other "trick" has Microsoft done outside of making software?
     
    The_Pope, 21 Mar 2007
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