____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Monday 13 August 2007 14:41 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:59:41 +0100
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>> ____/ waterskidoo on Sunday 12 August 2007 15:06 : \____
>>
>>> On 2007-08-12, Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2007081130942.jpg
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>>> Hysterical!
>> Here is their /real/ take on competition:
>>
>> ?I?m thinking of hitting the OEMs harder than in the past with anti-Linux. ?
>> they should do a delicate dance?
>>
>> ?Joachim Kempin, Microsoft OEM Chief
>
> "Delicate" isn't exactly the first word coming to mind here... :-)
A cowboy and a low-pointing gun come to mind.
>> ?Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I?m going to fucking
>> bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again.
>> I?m going to fucking kill Google.?
>>
>> ?Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
>
> Great. Just what we need, a new Microsoft product.
>
> Microsoft Undertaker. For When You Don't Want To Wait(tm).
You can imagine Ballmer taking his shirt off and slamming it on the floor as
Mark quickly leaves the office and runs for Google's headquarters.
>> ?Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to
>> everything it touches.?
>>
>> ?Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
>
> Fortunately, there are metastazing cancers (sp?), so the pedant in me is
> keeping quiet, though with difficulty.
Ballmer is apparently terminally ill after all these recent deals.
>> ?We should whack them [Dell over Linux dealings], we should make sure they
>> understand our value.?
>>
>> ?Paul Flessner, Senior Vice President, Server Applications Unit
>
> "Value" isn't exactly the first word coming to mind here, either.
The value of a keeping a kneecap in tact.
>> ?I?d be glad to help tilt lotus into into the death spiral.
>> I could do it Friday afternoon but not Saturday. I could do
>> it pretty much any time the following week.?
>>
>> ?bradsi, Microsoft
>
> I wonder what his hobbies are. Wait...maybe not. I'm not sure
> I really want to know; they probably include helpless insects.
There is actually a Microsoft tradition behind the phrase. Groklaw wrote about
it last year.
>> ?We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger?.If you?re
>> going to kill someone, there isn?t much reason to get all worked
>> up about it and angry. You just pull the trigger. Any discussions
>> beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while
>> we pull the trigger.?
>>
>> ?Jim Allchin, Platform Group Vice President
>>
>
> Service with a smile.
A crying crocodile.
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