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Here’s a collection of some of the more memorable remarks Ballmer has made over the years. "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."
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I'm very sad that the Developer, Developer, Developer days are gone.
Name a CEO. today, that is truly, deeply passionate about software development, or even the products they sell? Who cares more about their creation, their art, than they do about just moving boxes and having good numbers to report to shareholders?
There's a few, but not in the right places.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Name a CEO. today, that is truly, deeply passionate about software development, or even the products they sell? Who cares more about their creation, their art, than they do about just moving boxes and having good numbers to report to shareholders?
OK, you're not talking about Ballmer, are you? Well, the "deeply passionate" does seem to apply, but the bits about software dev certainly not. And "having good numbers" seemed to be all that B really cared about.
Now as to your question. Good question. Maybe Marissa Meyer. At least she comes from a dev background. I have good memories of Paul Maritz. Maybe he's still good at VMWare (but since moving to Parallels, I haven't really looked back). After that, I'm blanking.
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TTFN - Kent
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As far as I can judge his motivation was mainly killing Google, Apple, and the likes. It was not making customers happy.
Wout
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Ballmer strikes me more as the used car salesman CEO-type.
If he sells software or soap, doesn't matter too much to him.
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In a world where an outrageous number of people may be vying for your attention, automating your own personal interface could help. curl --d "msg=Hello%20there&priority=1" me://bob.alien
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With companies like MakerBot creating digitizers aimed at making 3D printing easier, Microsoft is betting that we'll all be printing off Yoda figurines and retirement gifts from our desktops soon. "They're eating blueberry pies, as fast as the replicator can churn 'em out."
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Steve Ballmer's spent many of the past few years nudging or kicking potential successors out of the company. Push has come to shove. Who will step up? No, not BillG
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Fine then, I'll do it. I'll give you all whatcha want. 
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Yay! Thank you Ron.
Now, I know compensation is a touchy subject, but could you live on B's salary+bonuses? I know it's tough to make good decisions at $685,000+$620,000[^]. Is that enough, or did you want to make a counter-offer?
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TTFN - Kent
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A year ago, I set aside my doubts and started to innovate in the space industry as a complete outsider. This post details one of these projects that was reasonably successful. And save the world (or at least us)
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The popular service could become the web's de facto home for open data. "They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses."
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So, Github is a singular phenomenon in the world of code.
This is what happens when you let reporters report on, well, anything.
Marc
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The press keeps reminding me that there is a rule of thumb (the source of which evades my Googlefu at the moment) that's roughly, "When you read a news piece about a subject you're familiar with, you realize just how wrong they have it. Then you turn the page and believe the content of an article on some other subject."
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TTFN - Kent
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Hmmmm, man in the street wants to branch before commiting a stashed stage but can't remember if he needs to fetch his remote pull or checkout his fsck.
Seems highly probable.
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Along with the idea of "digital detox" or technological self-control comes the idea of tech as an addictive substance, producing dependence or disease. Frustrated by their excessive Facebook use, two friends studying at the MIT Media Lab took this idea to its logical conclusion: harsh and painful conditioning to break the habit. Robert Morris and Dan McDuff hooked an Arduino and electrodes to a laptop and created something known as the Pavlov Poke, a combination productivity tool, conceptual art project, and implement of torture. Who needs self control when there's electroshock to be had?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: a combination productivity tool, conceptual art project, and implement of torture.
Soon to be standard equipment on all workstations. For those working on Wall Street, a special attachment to the gonads produces pleasure when conducting trades that screw the "little man."
uhhhh, pun intended. 
Marc
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Do you wish you could run your favorite Android apps from the comfort of your Windows computer? "Life, don't talk to me about life."
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Steve Ballmer is retiring from Microsoft within the next 12 months, and he's had some time to reflect on his 13-year experience as CEO. In an interview with ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, Ballmer reveals his proudest achievement over his 33 years at Microsoft is being "a significant part even of the birth of intelligent personal computing." Detailing his regrets, he lays the blame solely on Windows Vista. "I would say probably the thing I regret most is the, what shall I call it, the loopedy-loo that we did that was sort of Longhorn to Vista," says Ballmer. "I would say that's probably the thing I regret most." Microsoft's biggest regret? Ballmer
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What about Windows 8 and the failed new xbox?
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And Surface, and the Kin, Compact Framework, killing Silverlight, and probably a few more.
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TTFN - Kent
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selective memory (sɪˈlɛktɪv ˈmɛmərɪ) : an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Kent Sharkey wrote: his proudest achievement over his 33 years at Microsoft is being "a significant part even of the birth of intelligent personal computing."
Wait, let's look at more carefully:
his proudest achievement
a significant part even of the birth
Uh...so his proudest achievement is riding the coattails of others? Yup, true Ballmer.
Oh, and by the way---intelligent personal computing WTF is "intelligent personal computing???"
Well, like most marriages, Gates must have seen something in Ballmer, perhaps it was his performance in the boardroom.
Marc
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It will be 8 after the smoke clears.
As least on vista you can go, start regedit or start msconfig or control or whatever
On 8 you go um...................
I used to bash the crap out of vista now not so much ya know?
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August 23, 2013 is the day, for which the infamous Grigory Rasputin predicted the end of the world in the beginning of the last century. Rasputin predicted a "terrible storm" in which fire would swallow all life on land, and then life would die on the whole planet. He also said that Jesus Christ would come down to Earth to comfort people in distress. "It's the end of the world as we know it."
On the plus side: he wasn't too good at predicting his own end (which was quite an affair).
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