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As Apple’s market cap passes Microsoft’s, CEO Steve Ballmer isn’t concerned
Is Microsoft’s Office and Windows empire crumbling before our very eyes? Not really, but there’s no denying that Microsoft continues to find itself flatfooted and unable to deliver anything of interest in the high-tech mobile market. So while the folks at Redmond continue to rake in cash hand over fist, the bulk of their profits […]
Continue reading...Apple’s market cap surpasses Microsoft, Apple now only trails Exxon Mobil
Friday, May 28, 2010
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Earlier this week, Apple’s market cap surpassed Microsoft’s, making it the second largest corporation in the US behind Exxon. 9 to 5 Mac came up with the snazzy chart below which measures Apple and Microsoft’s stock performance under a progression of CEOs. As you can tell, Microsoft started taking a dive almost right when Steve […]
Continue reading...So much for Ballmer at WWDC
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Microsoft’s official Twitter feed reads: Steve Ballmer not speaking at Apple Dev Conf. Nor appearing on Dancing with the Stars. Nor riding in the Belmont. Just FYI. As if Jobs would ever share the stage with Ballmer at an Apple event. I think you can officially classify “analyst” Trip Chowdhry as a moron. And with […]
Continue reading...Tales of the Absurd? Analyst claims Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to present at WWDC
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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Barron’s reports: Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with tiny Global Equities Research, contends that 7 minutes of the June 7 keynote by Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been blocked off for a presentation by Microsoft to talk about Visual Studio 2010, the company’s suite of development tools. Chowdhry says the new version of VS will allow developers to write native […]
Continue reading...Steve Ballmer concedes that Windows Vista wasn’t “executed well”
Monday, May 24, 2010
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Delivering the keynote at Microsoft’s annual CEO Summit last week, Microsoft head honcho Steve Ballmer discussed the difficulties associated with consistent innovation. Using Windows Vista as an example, Ballmer quipped: The saga of our Windows product is probably one of the better chronicles, and I’m sure many people went through a cycle either at home […]
Continue reading...Steve Ballmer signs a MacBook Pro [Video]
Friday, January 22, 2010
Check out this video of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer autographing a MacBook Pro at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tenessee. Say what you will about Ballmer (he’s crazy, a bad CEO), but he seems to have a good sense of humor about things. Ballmer comically signed the MacBook Pro with a note stating, “Need a […]
Continue reading...Steve Ballmer legally changes his name to “Steve Jobs”
Friday, December 4, 2009
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer shocked employees earlier this week when he officially changed his name from Steve Ballmer to Steve Jobs in the hopes that such a move would boost company morale, and subsequently help Microsoft reclaim much of the luster its lost to Apple ever since it first introduced the iPod. But the decision […]
Continue reading...Ballmer says Windows 7 sales are double that of its predecessors
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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At a Microsoft shareholder meeting earlier today, Microsoft CEO said that copies of Windows 7 are flying off the shelves. “We’ve already sold twice as many units as any OS in a comparable time frame,” Ballmer said. “Windows 7 is simply the best PC operating system that we or anyone else has ever built.” Well, […]
Continue reading...Ballmer: “The Internet is not designed for the iPhone”
Thursday, October 22, 2009
In a recent AP articleabout today’s release of Windows 7, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had an interesting answer in response to a question about whether or not smartphones “could unseat PC’s as the technology of choice for on-the-go consumers. Let’s face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for […]
Continue reading...Microsoft and Steve Ballmer still focused on volume sales for smartphones
Friday, September 25, 2009
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently sat down with TechCrunch to discuss all things search, twitter, and smartphones. Particularly interesting were Ballmer’s statements on the smartphone market and whether or not Microsoft would ever manufacture a Microsoft phone. Let’s just break hardware devices into 2 broad categories, really high volume and more niche. And I’ll call […]
Continue reading...Ballmer on poor Windows Mobile execution: “This will not happen again”
Friday, September 25, 2009
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At the Microsoft hosted Venture Capital Summit yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discussed Windows Mobile 7, and opined on the fact that it still hasn’t been released. Acknowledging that they’ve screwed up, Ballmer noted that the entire Windows Mobile 7 team has been revamped. “We’ve pumped in some new talent”, Ballmer was quoted as saying, […]
Continue reading...Why Microsoft and Steve Ballmer just don’t get it
Friday, July 31, 2009
At a Microsoft Financial Analyst meeting yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer demonstrated, yet again, that he still doesn’t get, or perhaps is unwilling to admit, why people are ditching PC’s and flocking to the Mac in droves. While looking out into a sea of reporters and analysts, Ballmer noticed the number of computers sporting an […]
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Monday, May 31, 2010
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