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Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:49:19 +0000

[...] Ballmer says Android “financially unsound” [...]

By: MIT students build mobile applications in 13 weeks — instantwebmeetings.com - Video Collaboration, E Learning, Video Meeting, Unified Communications

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:49:19 +0000

[...] Ballmer says Android “financially unsound” [...]

By: Stop Wasting Money with Adwords

Stop Wasting Money with Adwords — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:04:14 +0000

Balmer is a real fool, he pretended years ago Linux was the cancer of the IT industry so… nothing he says can really surprise me.

I always have in mind the Balmer dance when Microsoft acquired Visio…
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc4MzqBFxZE

By: Two Geeks and a Blog // Quick Hits: Nov. 2 - 8

Two Geeks and a Blog // Quick Hits: Nov. 2 - 8 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:44:57 +0000

[...] Steve Ballmer Dismisses Android – TechCrunch [...]

By: Alan Bradford

Alan Bradford — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:42:34 +0000

I believe the phrase he was searching for was "Yada, Yada, Yada." Perhaps if had researched his prepared response using Google Video Search instead of Live Search, he could have nailed it. Silly bully. You dumb.

By: Hobbes

Hobbes — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:43:03 +0000

first they laugh at you

then they criticize you <– he’s here right now.

then they fight you

then you win!

By: Gautam Kishore

Gautam Kishore — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:41:43 +0000

MS guys will do anything to prove themselves better. This was nothing new. All of us know that Android is one of the Google’s future steps and it’s gonna rock. May be it’ll take a while but, it’ll keep growing for sure. It’s open source community powered strategy is enough to make it better than microsoft’s or any other closed source platform’s developments.
Any comments, folks?

By: Christopher Carr

Christopher Carr — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:53:57 +0000

I’ve had a G1 since launch. While it’s a bit bare-bones for the time being feature wise, I’ve not had to reboot my phone even once, and I’ve far more 3rd party apps installed than I ever did on the WinMo-running device I had previously.

Android is extremely stable, looks great, and is a hell of a lot of fun to use. Can the same be said of WinMo?

By: Comunicarebrasil.com “Blog de tecnologia web” » Blog Archive » Para Ballmer Google Android não é financeiramente sólido!

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:23:18 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:08:44 +0000

You don’t have to consider yourself smarter than Steve Ballmer to see that a) Windows Mobile is dire and b) he’s clearly talking absolute shit here. Yes we know Microsoft makes lots of money… doesn’t automatically mean that Ballmer is talking sense.

By: Geekeries | taggle.org

Geekeries | taggle.org — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:31:12 +0000

[...] Ballmer (Microsoft) estime qu’Android n’a pas de business model sérieux. Chez Microsoft, ils préfèrent investir 5 ans pour sortir un OS lamentable. Ils s’y connaissent en création de valeur, chez Microsoft [...]

By: dab

dab — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:40:47 +0000

what about windows mobile? a lot of smartphone run it

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:53:57 +0000

Apple has iPhone
Google has the G1/Android

Microsoft has nothing.

“They can hire smart guys, hire a lot of people, blah dee blah dee blah”

Or you can sit there and talk trash like a stupid has been.

By: The Economics of Android

The Economics of Android — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:09:01 +0000

[...] Steve Ballmer Dismisses Android, Calls it “Financially Unsound” TechCrunch Thu, 06 Nov 2008 9:54 AM PST While Steve Ballmer never associated Android with anything nasty nor did he suggest that killing puppies could look dignified next to building Android, he did say that creating a mobile OS was “financially unsound” for Google and that Google was already far behind the competition. “They can hire smart guys, hire a lot of people, blah dee blah dee blah, but you know they start out way behind, … [...]

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:07:04 +0000

Financially unsound? As in investing in MSFT stock since 1999?

By: girish133

girish133 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:31:45 +0000

Again, another misguided review of Google’s offerings. Why does it have to “kill” something in order to be a success? In some of your examples, Google offers different and/or better. I think there is no question that Gmail is a success, regardless of whether or not Hotmail or Yahoo mail survive.

By: girish133

girish133 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:28:04 +0000

Just one reaction to your “two hit wonder” comment about Google. I work at a company and implemented a Google Base datafeed with all our products. We made $500,000 through Google Base in 1 month. I think you’re a little misguided about the arena Google Base is in and about it’s success.

By: TIm F.

TIm F. — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:45:10 +0000

Sweet Photoshop!

By: Al

Al — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:23:14 +0000

Considering the MS has delayed the release of Windows Mobile 7, I don’t think Ballmer is in any position to criticize Google. Hey Ballmer, are you at least going to release the new version of Pocket IE on time? The new version of Opera Mobile trounce pocket IE, only 55 more days to go.

By: Ranjeeth

Ranjeeth — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:13:37 +0000

Steve Ballmar is mentally unsound!