Steve Ballmer on MS Server, Linux, Yahoo & More

Steve Ballmer on MS Server, Linux, Yahoo & More 261

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday February 29, 2008 @05:36PM from the embrace-extend-extiguish dept.

yorugua writes "Furniture trembled as Steve Ballmer was to be interviewed by InformationWeek. He then went on to talk about Linux: 'How does Microsoft beat Linux? The same way "you beat any other competitor: You offer good value, which in this case means good total cost of ownership," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says.', Embrace-Extend-Extinguish: 'We say when we embrace standards, we'll be transparent about how we're embracing standards. [...] If we have deviations, we'll be transparent about the deviations.'"

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Frankly... (Score:4, Funny)

by MadMidnightBomber ( 894759 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @05:37PM (#22605484)

I'd rather NOT hear about Steve Ballmer's deviations. Maybe that's just me.

Furniture trembled? (Score:4, Funny)

by Brian Gordon ( 987471 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @05:38PM (#22605494)

He'll never live that down :D

Really? (Score:4, Funny)

by bhunachchicken ( 834243 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @05:46PM (#22605606) Homepage

"How does Microsoft beat Linux? The same way you beat any other competitor: You offer good value"

So what were Vista, Zune and the Xbox 360 all about then..? ;)

Re:Frankly... (Score:5, Funny)

by Reverend528 ( 585549 ) * writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @05:55PM (#22605686) Homepage

There are certain things that no man should ever do to a chair.

Re:Frankly... (Score:4, Funny)

by moderatorrater ( 1095745 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @06:01PM (#22605740)

So he doesn't like to "connect" to "networks" the same way that you do; who are you to judge?

Re:Frankly... (Score:5, Funny)

by JordanL ( 886154 ) writes: <jordan,ledoux&gmail,com> on Friday February 29, 2008 @06:16PM (#22605906) Homepage

I find it mildly desturbing that the parent was modded "Informative" by anyone.

Steve Ballmer's favourite word (Score:3, Funny)

by microbox ( 704317 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @06:22PM (#22605972)

Interviewer: So... tell us about windows server 2008

Balmer: We innovated ... innovated, the developers can then ... innovate, and when we're done with ... innovative testing and furniture distribution innovation. That's how we do business.

I think they've got brilliant business and marketing knowhow - but somehow with all of their talent you'd expect more innovation. I guess it must be a sore point for them.

Re:TCO: Doesn't include the hardware to run Vista (Score:5, Funny)

by maird ( 699535 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @06:29PM (#22606044) Homepage

Vista is only 1/2 as slow on the same hardware

I had to ask...on what hardware is Vista twice as fast?

value (Score:3, Funny)

by pak9rabid ( 1011935 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @06:37PM (#22606122)

If I had a nickel every time Ballmer squeezed in the world 'value' into a sentence, I'd be a very valuable person.

Re:Frankly... (Score:3, Funny)

by Foofoobar ( 318279 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @06:41PM (#22606150)

Personally, I'd like pictures, film footage, skin samples and hair cuttings of Steves deviations. But thts just me. I'm build am army of clones to enter into the Chair throwing event in the 2020 summer Olympics in Iowa.

Re:Frankly... (Score:5, Funny)

by tirefire ( 724526 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @06:46PM (#22606178)

I'm from Iowa.

Please don't get our hopes up like that.

Re:Furniture trembled? (Score:3, Funny)

by NineNine ( 235196 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @06:50PM (#22606218)

No, he won't ever live that down. That's because his insistence on "Developers, developers, developers!!" is what's going to keep MS in the lead for the forseeable future. Too bad there aren't any OSS people as excited about supporting their developers.

Re:How does microsoft beat linux? (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @06:50PM (#22606222)

... and forcing "upgrades" down OEM and user's throats.

Their *3* ways they beat any competitor are: purchasing rivals, offering the same product with 10x the marketing force, forcing "upgrades" down OEM and user's throats, and an almost fanatical devotion to incompatibly extending established standards ...

Their *4* ways... no... amongst the ways they beat any competitor ... ... I'll come in again.

Re:If you can't beat them, join them. (Score:5, Funny)

by nguy ( 1207026 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @07:05PM (#22606364)

Open your source, the we (the rest of the world) can fix your code...

Don't bet on it; it may be beyond repair.

Obligatory youtube link (Score:5, Funny)

by Spy der Mann ( 805235 ) writes: <`moc.liamg' `ta' `todhsals.nnamredyps'> on Friday February 29, 2008 @07:26PM (#22606542) Homepage Journal

Aparently his version of TCO doesn't include buying completely new machines in order to run Vista.

No one does bloatware like Microsoft! [youtube.com]

Re:If you tell a lie long enough (Score:5, Funny)

by markbark ( 174009 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @08:30PM (#22606928) Homepage

Linux would face all the same issues if it were uses daily by the same semi competent to non competent users that Windows has to deal with.

You mean all those MS certified admins really have no idea how to run an enterprise infrastructure?
SAY IT AIN'T SO

--MAB

Re:TCO: Doesn't include the hardware to run Vista (Score:3, Funny)

by xSauronx ( 608805 ) writes: <xsauronxdamnit@g ... m minus caffeine> on Friday February 29, 2008 @09:26PM (#22607218)

I read about IBM and their new z10's the other day...

Re:Furniture trembled? (Score:5, Funny)

by smittyoneeach ( 243267 ) * writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @09:26PM (#22607220) Homepage Journal

Sure, he said "Developers, developers, developers!!" [youtube.com]
but are you familiar with the reply? [youtube.com]

Re:And now for something completely different... (Score:4, Funny)

by Drasil ( 580067 ) writes: on Friday February 29, 2008 @09:38PM (#22607278)

...and an almost fanatical devotion to developers, developers, developers!

Re:Furniture trembled? (Score:3, Funny)

by Machtyn ( 759119 ) writes: on Saturday March 01, 2008 @01:32AM (#22608214) Homepage Journal

But did you know where he's going to take them [youtube.com]?

Re:Frankly... (Score:3, Funny)

by MadMidnightBomber ( 894759 ) writes: on Saturday March 01, 2008 @05:01AM (#22608866)

I'm not judging - I just don't want to know :p

Re:Frankly... (Score:3, Funny)

by Dasher42 ( 514179 ) writes: on Saturday March 01, 2008 @06:37AM (#22609092)

I find it mildly desturbing that the parent was modded "Informative" by anyone.

But now you know. And knowing is half the battle!

Re:Frankly... (Score:4, Funny)

by Enlightenment ( 1073994 ) writes: on Saturday March 01, 2008 @03:06PM (#22610932)

The other half is trying to forget...

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Frankly... (Score:4, Funny)

Furniture trembled? (Score:4, Funny)

Really? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Frankly... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Frankly... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Frankly... (Score:5, Funny)

Steve Ballmer's favourite word (Score:3, Funny)

Re:TCO: Doesn't include the hardware to run Vista (Score:5, Funny)

value (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Frankly... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Frankly... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Furniture trembled? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:How does microsoft beat linux? (Score:0, Funny)

Re:If you can't beat them, join them. (Score:5, Funny)

Obligatory youtube link (Score:5, Funny)

Re:If you tell a lie long enough (Score:5, Funny)

Re:TCO: Doesn't include the hardware to run Vista (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Furniture trembled? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:And now for something completely different... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Furniture trembled? (Score:3, Funny)

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