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	<title>Comments on: Ballmer worried about consumer spending: Do your jobs, people!</title>
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		<title>By: prostat</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1011254</link>
		<dc:creator>prostat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Prostate cancer doesn’t mean the end of your sex life. It means that you have cancer that needs to be monitored closely and treated appropriately. Having prostate cancer doesn’t stop a healthy sex life. Dying however does!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prostate cancer doesn’t mean the end of your sex life. It means that you have cancer that needs to be monitored closely and treated appropriately. Having prostate cancer doesn’t stop a healthy sex life. Dying however does!</p>
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		<title>By: vana</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-993368</link>
		<dc:creator>vana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The future looks bright for free software. Common sense and simplictiy will rule the net sooner than later.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The future looks bright for free software. Common sense and simplictiy will rule the net sooner than later.</p>
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		<title>By: dekorasyon</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-978646</link>
		<dc:creator>dekorasyon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>you have a point there</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you have a point there</p>
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		<title>By: Daniel</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-974414</link>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve always like Ballmer, hes bald; hes crazy; he dresses like lurch.. so? Hes also charismatic, fun and hard working!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve always like Ballmer, hes bald; hes crazy; he dresses like lurch.. so? Hes also charismatic, fun and hard working!</p>
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		<title>By: Hits Singapore &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Microsoft’s Ballmer Bearish on Business Buying</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-938703</link>
		<dc:creator>Hits Singapore &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Microsoft’s Ballmer Bearish on Business Buying</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: The Scripts Zone &#187; Microsoft’s Ballmer Bearish on Business Buying</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-934666</link>
		<dc:creator>The Scripts Zone &#187; Microsoft’s Ballmer Bearish on Business Buying</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: tfosorcim</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-934662</link>
		<dc:creator>tfosorcim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a brain-trust.</description>
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		<title>By: Tostada-man</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tostada-man</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ballmer-o sounds just like the Dad in The Brady Bunch:

&quot;Well, kids: When there&#039;s no money, you can&#039;t buy candy. Becasue you need money to buy candy. And with no money, there&#039;s no candy&quot;...

Gimme some freakin&#039; guidance here, Steve! when is Vista going to work? How much will Windows 7 suck? When will you put some porn on the X-Box? 

You get it, right? Porn....X-Box...

Bimbo Ballmer!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ballmer-o sounds just like the Dad in The Brady Bunch:</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, kids: When there&#8217;s no money, you can&#8217;t buy candy. Becasue you need money to buy candy. And with no money, there&#8217;s no candy&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>Gimme some freakin&#8217; guidance here, Steve! when is Vista going to work? How much will Windows 7 suck? When will you put some porn on the X-Box? </p>
<p>You get it, right? Porn&#8230;.X-Box&#8230;</p>
<p>Bimbo Ballmer!</p>
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		<title>By: MyLocator.com</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-934608</link>
		<dc:creator>MyLocator.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great advice. Common sense and simplictiy will rule the net sooner than later.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great advice. Common sense and simplictiy will rule the net sooner than later.</p>
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		<title>By: The Dodgy Yank &#187; Microsoft’s Ballmer Bearish on Business Buying</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-934570</link>
		<dc:creator>The Dodgy Yank &#187; Microsoft’s Ballmer Bearish on Business Buying</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: home interiors</title>
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		<dc:creator>home interiors</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Microsoft needs to start acting like a small company again so they can be nimble.  They are too large to come up with products that customers need.  Nobody needs new windows.  Why not invest in some R&amp;D on some useful products.  I hate big companies resting on their laurels, but that does create a niche for smaller upstarts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Microsoft needs to start acting like a small company again so they can be nimble.  They are too large to come up with products that customers need.  Nobody needs new windows.  Why not invest in some R&amp;D on some useful products.  I hate big companies resting on their laurels, but that does create a niche for smaller upstarts.</p>
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		<title>By: wrightee</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-934538</link>
		<dc:creator>wrightee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He really looks like Raymond&#039;s Dad (from ev. loves R)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He really looks like Raymond&#8217;s Dad (from ev. loves R)</p>
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		<title>By: HowtoForge</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-934529</link>
		<dc:creator>HowtoForge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;...companies holding down spending while the crisis blows over will definitely not be buying Windows Vista Ultimate.&quot;

They wouldn&#039;t have bought Vista anyway...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;companies holding down spending while the crisis blows over will definitely not be buying Windows Vista Ultimate.&#8221;</p>
<p>They wouldn&#8217;t have bought Vista anyway&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Chuck LeDuc Díaz</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-934522</link>
		<dc:creator>Chuck LeDuc Díaz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cry me a river.  The future looks bright for free software, though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cry me a river.  The future looks bright for free software, though.</p>
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		<title>By: "www.ShawnDrewry.com"</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-934517</link>
		<dc:creator>"www.ShawnDrewry.com"</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ballmer looks fat &amp; sweaty...lol</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ballmer looks fat &amp; sweaty&#8230;lol</p>
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		<title>By: The news that gave Microsoft the shivers</title>
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		<dc:creator>The news that gave Microsoft the shivers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;The news that gave Microsoft the shivers...&lt;/strong&gt;

Yes, such news certainly gave Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer the shivers but to be fair, Microsoft is not the only one. Other key tech companies such as Apple, Google and Yahoo also pissed their pants after seeing their stocks plunged further yesterday. L...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The news that gave Microsoft the shivers&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Yes, such news certainly gave Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer the shivers but to be fair, Microsoft is not the only one. Other key tech companies such as Apple, Google and Yahoo also pissed their pants after seeing their stocks plunged further yesterday. L&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How about just give every $1M in credit and see how much that will be worth.  People can&#039;t seem to understand, you can go have as much credit as you want but there will be consequences to this rise in credit.  An individual ability to pay the debt.  That&#039;s why we are having this problem!  Consumers already maxed out their credit.  When consumers can&#039;t pay their minimum monthly payment, you get a credit crunch.  It is necessary to make consumers more efficient with their purchase.  Buying Vista is not efficient use of capital.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about just give every $1M in credit and see how much that will be worth.  People can&#8217;t seem to understand, you can go have as much credit as you want but there will be consequences to this rise in credit.  An individual ability to pay the debt.  That&#8217;s why we are having this problem!  Consumers already maxed out their credit.  When consumers can&#8217;t pay their minimum monthly payment, you get a credit crunch.  It is necessary to make consumers more efficient with their purchase.  Buying Vista is not efficient use of capital.</p>
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		<title>By: 4four1ones</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ballmer-worried-about-consumer-spending-do-your-jobs-people/comment-page-1/#comment-934507</link>
		<dc:creator>4four1ones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ballmer = nutjob.

mortgages, mortgages, mortgages, mortgages.....
mortgages, mortgages, mortgages, mortgages.....

mortgages, mortgages, mortgages, mortgages.....
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo

@4four1ones</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ballmer = nutjob.</p>
<p>mortgages, mortgages, mortgages, mortgages&#8230;..<br />
mortgages, mortgages, mortgages, mortgages&#8230;..</p>
<p>mortgages, mortgages, mortgages, mortgages&#8230;..<br />
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo</p>
<p>@4four1ones</p>
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		<title>By: tony</title>
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		<dc:creator>tony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ballmer is crazy, they should fire him. obviously no company will be immune to the financial crisis.

http://gatesandjobs.blogspot.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ballmer is crazy, they should fire him. obviously no company will be immune to the financial crisis.</p>
<p><a href="http://gatesandjobs.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://gatesandjobs.blogspot.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Microsoft&#8217;s Ballmer Bearish on Business Buying</title>
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		<dc:creator>Microsoft&#8217;s Ballmer Bearish on Business Buying</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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