Steve Ballmer? - Bye!

[SysAdmin]

http://blogs.computerworld.com/it-leadership/22704/did-steve-ballmer-jump-or-was-he-pushed

Will anyone miss the monkey dance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc

[bloodline]

I love the fact that the MSFT shares jumped 9% on his announcement! That is seriously funny

[guest3110]

Yay... he's retiring.


Pressing PLAY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3L4spg8vyo

[Manu]

http://blogs.computerworld.com/it-leadership/22704/did-steve-ballmer-jump-or-was-he-pushed

Will anyone miss the monkey dance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc

Then half of my prediction was right, now let's see if Bill Gates steps in as
front figure and tries to do a "Jobs".

[MicroStrand]

I love the fact that the MSFT shares jumped 9% on his announcement! That is seriously funny.

Yes, for him this is perhaps not necessarily a reputation, but definitely profitable through his shareholding and with more than 15 billions on his bank account.

[Duce]

I love the fact that the MSFT shares jumped 9% on his announcement! That is seriously funny

Apple share value jumped after Jobs died, not much of an indicator of anything really.  Hell, Apple spiked up value wise just a week or two ago just based off Carl Icahn giving his two cents on how he felt about its' market valuation.  Suits me just fine since I have some Apple stock I bought 20 years ago, heh.  

Was never a fan of Ballmer, but  he did wonders for MS's financials in the 13 years he was CEO.  Always felt a bit bad for the guy and his keynote speeches and the whole sweaty monkeyboy dance things, but most of the MS devotees gobbled that right up.

I do firmly believe if Gates was still at the helm such debacles like Win RT would never have seen the light of day, but RT can mostly be blamed on Sinofsky even if Ballmer would have had the final decision on it.  How the whole "Windows that doesn't run Windows programs" concept of RT ever got the green light is just baffling.  I have an RT tablet that a friend dropped on my doorstep and it literally makes the Newton PDA seem like the most practical device on earth.

[bbond007]

this one is my favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk

all these features and Reversi!

[MicroStrand]

All these features and Reversi!

Really crazy, but anyway a flop as a whole. It came in November 1985 and despite everything it didn't sell. M$ is still an unworldly microcosm that has long since passed its zenith.

[commodorejohn]

So long, you crazy diamond, take Win8 with you...

[James2002]

I knew it!  Good bye Steve. No I wont miss you.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I saw this on the news yesterday morning.  My first thought was "I wonder how long it will take a.org to jump on a thread about it?"    Don't let the door hit ya on the way out!

[James2002]

I saw this on the news yesterday morning.  My first thought was "I wonder how long it will take a.org to jump on a thread about it?"    Don't let the door hit ya on the way out!

We won't get to see the monkey dance :juggler:  while he on the way out.  :lol:

[Amiga_Nut]

Can't say I care any more, even if Paul, Steve and Bill died tomorrow it doesn't matter, the damage M$ and Apple have done to the home computer market from the revolution to revolution technical years from mid 70s to mid 90s is irreparable, the good old days are gone for good.

[Matt_H]

http://blogs.computerworld.com/it-leadership/22704/did-steve-ballmer-jump-or-was-he-pushed

Will anyone miss the monkey dance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc

The Register called it "Ballmer's screen test for Planet of the Apes" way back when.

I quite like this mix, although YouTube's compression algorithm has not been kind to it.

[MicroStrand]

Can't say I care any more, even if Paul, Steve and Bill died tomorrow it doesn't matter, the damage M$ and Apple have done to the home computer market from the revolution to revolution technical years from mid 70s to mid 90s is irreparable, the good old days are gone for good.

I'm sorry to say that, but in the mid 70's had this people absolutely no impact on the software industry. The dominant company at this time was Digital Research and the think tank Xerox PARC. The real drama started in the year 1980 with IBM's "Project Chess".