I talk to in our business are relatively -- I wouldn't say optimistic -- but feel better than if all you did was watch CNBC all day," Ballmer said, referring to the U.S. television news channel.
A member of the audience asked Ballmer how he manages his stress and stays healthy. Ballmer, who looks thinner and fitter than he did a few years ago, said his regime consists of PowerBars "to keep the blood sugar steady," "a constant dose of caffeine," and running.
"I did a five-mile run this morning. It does a lot to ease the stress and set up a good day."
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Ballmer sucks!
Ballmer kicks ass!
I'm surprised Ballmer is losing as much weight as he is because he sure eats a lot of his own words. He said the same thing about the iPhone a year and a half ago, that Apple wouldn't gain any market share. Now look at Apple; second only to RIM, meaning they surpassed WinMo...in a year.
Why do people keep listening to this gas bag who has absolutely no idea what he is talking about? He hasn't been right about ANYTHING since he became CEO. However, I hope Ballmer stays the CEO of Microsoft for as long as it takes. I'll let you chew on that for a while and you'll figure out what I mean.
While Ballmer is a total clown. Unfortunately, too many of us own shares in Microsoft through our retirement plans and other investment funds, and that bozo is wasting OUR money through his incompetence. Stock price going nowhere, and a pittance of a dividend.
Microsoft. The next Enron.
Balmer and Microshit, as dumb as a post!
I so agree with you Sbutts, I can't also understand why people still listen to such a TWAT, some times I feel like I am living on another dimension an I can not understand the rest of the world, here this guy is like to pay serious attention to Homero Simpson, but I see I am not a lone...
The only reason MS dominated the desktop is by ripping off Apple and selling their ideas to the lowest bidders en masse. They won't have the same opportunity this time. Also, Ballmer is an idiot.
LOL
microsoft and apple can argue amongst themselves all they want. i prefer freedom. i don't need to be led by the hand by a company. i now truly enjoy my computer. peace.
I remember well the interview when Steve "monkeyman" Ballmer laughed at the then-new iPhone.
Little did he know...
Now he says that Apple is going to lose out in the smartphome market as the market expands, since Apple makes both the hardware AND the software.
I say this is where Apple has a big advantage over their competitors. Since they provide both hard- and software, they can make sure it works better together than any pc or hardware could ever do running third-party software.
Also, they earn more money this way. Instead of selling just a disc with an operating system every three or four years, they sell a premium computer, a smartphone, an expensive display, airport express, and a wireless backup disc as wel. Not to forget the still hot-selling iPod, the iTunes store and the iPhone app-store, which rakes in over a million dollars each day....
Windows Mobile will be down from position #2 to #4 in the smartphone OS market by the end of 2008. RIM already passed them earlier this year (according to worldwide data from Gartner and Canalys), and Apple is doing the same right now (according to industry predictions).
Next year Google's Android will become a serious contender offering a drop-in solution for all the Windows Mobile phones that HTC, LG and others are offering at the moment, while Windows Mobile will see no significant updates until 2010.
Windows Mobile is in immediate danger of being obsoleted, and Microsoft's only hope is that Android development is going to stutter, because both RIM and Apple are clearly on a roll with their integrated devices.
Steve,
let me ask you about the the Iphone and the Zune, if I may:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oGaZIKYvo&fmt=18
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