Ballmer Vows to Annihilate Google

[KingBahamut]

Posted over on Slashdot.....

Probably due to the Microsoft suit against Google over human resources, some very heated exchanges have turned up in some court documents. Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer has apparently vowed to kill Internet search leader Google, according to documents filed in the increasingly bitter battle between the rivals." From the article: "At some point in the conversation, Mr. Ballmer said: 'Just tell me it's not Google,'' Lucovosky said in his statement. Lucovosky replied that he was joining Google. 'At that point, Mr. Ballmer picked up a chair and threw it across the room hitting a table in his office,' Lucovosky recounted, adding that Ballmer then launched into a tirade about Google CEO Eric Schmidt. 'I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill Google.' Schmidt previously worked for Sun Microsystems and was the CEO of Novell.

External Links
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/19/2315200&tid=123
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/microsoft-ceo-im-going-to-fing-kill-google/2005/09/03/1125302772214.html

[TravisNewman]

Can he be arrested and put in solitary confinement now? Please? That man, from what I can tell, is totally insane. Anyone who's seen him dancing around like an idiot at that speech and screaming about how he loves Microsoft, etc, etc, can attest to that.

[nrayever]

he is insane!!! he may got angry, but throwing thing and blame over google's ceo that's difrerent. can some one email him some address of a lunatic asylum. he is completely wakko!!!

why can he accept that micro$oft is not the only software company?? and that there are some other good companies. no one can't decide for you, that is called "FREE WILL". GOT OVER IT!!!

that man ia a threat for the whole world!!

[Stormy Eyes]

Talk about unprofessional behavior.

[BWF89]

Anyone who's seen him dancing around like an idiot at that speech and screaming about how he loves Microsoft, etc, etc, can attest to that.
Would that be the "developers!, developers!, developers!, developers!, developers!, developers!, developers!, developers!, developers!, developers!," speech he made in Japan?

[Lovechild]

Lovechild Vows to Annihilate Ballmer

[GeneralZod]

Can he be arrested and put in solitary confinement now? Please? That man, from what I can tell, is totally insane. Anyone who's seen him dancing around like an idiot at that speech and screaming about how he loves Microsoft, etc, etc, can attest to that.

In case no one has seen these clips yet, here are some links:

http://www.tarmo.fi/arc/monkeydance.mpeg

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

The CEO of Microsoft everybody; it really has to be seen to be believed. I'm actually fairly surprised that anyone could invest in the company having seen this clips.

[Brunellus]

In case no one has seen these clips yet, here are some links:

http://www.tarmo.fi/arc/monkeydance.mpeg

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

The CEO of Microsoft everybody; it really has to be seen to be believed. I'm actually fairly surprised that anyone could invest in the company having seen this clips.
the guy is not--cannot-- be for real.

The more amazing thing, however, is that, during the monkeyboy clip, hundreds of people are CHEERING.

[Lux Perpetua]

You're not kidding! This guy is really nuts!

[N'Jal]

Perhaps he's just frustrated, i mean with all the new patches and SP2 Windows just doesn't suck as much as it did.

(I'M gona get hurt for that but it was funny)

[darkmatter]

I think Ballmer's been sitting to close to his monitor again.

[N'Jal]

Eww streak marks

[Kvark]

In case no one has seen these clips yet, here are some links:

http://www.tarmo.fi/arc/monkeydance.mpeg

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

The CEO of Microsoft everybody; it really has to be seen to be believed. I'm actually fairly surprised that anyone could invest in the company having seen this clips.
Has to be seen to be believed eh... Well, I saw the clips but still find it hard to believe. Cut in the monkeydance on a rock concert video and then it would almost be believeable. Except that he has way too short hair to be allowed on stage at a rock concert. Maybe Ballmer figured that since he's the boss people will cheer him on no matter what he does so he might just as well have fun by pretending to be a rockstar.

[N'Jal]

Hmm perhaps a little video editing to something like 'this years most open heartbreak'

I'll tell you how it goes, though im not very good at the stuff

EDIT: **** man, this looks really funny, thing is i can't show any of you it, due to copyright :(

[Paulus]

I think this is a good example of what using windows can do to people.

[Perfect Storm]

A madman I say! A Madman!!!

[WildTangent]

hehe...repeating the same thing over and over...thats a sure sign of insanity. im going to call him "sweat-stains-steve" now :P

-Wild

[-Rick-]

In case no one has seen these clips yet, here are some links:

http://www.tarmo.fi/arc/monkeydance.mpeg

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

The CEO of Microsoft everybody; it really has to be seen to be believed. I'm actually fairly surprised that anyone could invest in the company having seen this clips.
My god....thats just pathetic :neutral:

[Adrenal]

But, Google make such sweet products, to beat this, Ballmer would need to hire some
DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
DEVELOPERS
DEVELOPERS
DEVELOPERS
DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
DEVELOPERS

[KingBahamut]

Ok heres the problem.

Its not Gates, hes out in lala land developing crap that wont work. We all know this. The real problem lies within Ballmer and how he runs the company. He offered the Germans 95% discount on all goods and services not to take a Open Source Solution. He forwardds millions to the Linux FUD project, tries to ally himself with people like Cohen over at OSDL (who wouldnt even think it), sanctions the hiring of the Gentoo founder so that they can understand how FOSS works, and now turns around and says hes going to screw google.

Honestly, Ballmer is as shortsighted at a 5 dollar harlot on a friday night. Pardon my expression but the more that I hear that he does stuff like this, the more I think its his fault that the company is going to the shiter, not Gates.

Whats worse, is that Gates is letting him do it.

Sounds like another Disney disaster is on the rise.

[az]

In case no one has seen these clips yet, here are some links:

http://www.tarmo.fi/arc/monkeydance.mpeg

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

The CEO of Microsoft everybody; it really has to be seen to be believed. I'm actually fairly surprised that anyone could invest in the company having seen this clips.

Dance motherTucker!

[bam]

Dance motherTucker!
actually, the way he's sweating, maybe its a "good" thing he's a maniac, heart attack just waiting

[escuchamezz]

Ballmer, Steven A , 45 , self made

Source: Microsoft
Net Worth: $14.8 bil

If I was as rich as him I would also dance like a monkey :smile:

[TristanMike]

In case no one has seen these clips yet, here are some links:

http://www.tarmo.fi/arc/monkeydance.mpeg

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

The CEO of Microsoft everybody; it really has to be seen to be believed. I'm actually fairly surprised that anyone could invest in the company having seen this clips.Ok, I remember the monkey dance, but I forgot how funny it was. But I hadn't seen the developers one, lol, that's good. When it started I couldn't believe how sweaty he was, I wanna see what kind of madness produces that much sweat on a human.

You can't forget the early Windows commercial "Watch as Windows integrates Lotus123 with Miami Vice" "How much did you guess? $500? $1000? Even more? No it's just $99.00" ahhh, those were the good old days. (except in Nebraska) :)

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/ballmerwindows.wmv

[woedend]

let him dance and we can all hope the tubby has a heartattack soon.

[escuchamezz]

let him dance and we can all hope the tubby has a heartattack soon.

[-X

[az]

"How much did you guess? $500? $1000? Even more? No it's just $99.00" ahhh, those were the good old days. (except in Nebraska) :)

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/ballmerwindows.wmv

Is that really him?

[escuchamezz]

Is that really him?

he looks like the guy from back to the future :smile:

[darkmatter]

he looks like the guy from back to the future :smile:

Naaaah...Ballmer's much, MUCH worse. :-P

[poofyhairguy]

Whats worse, is that Gates is letting him do it.


Board of directors is letting him do it. Gates is living the nerd dream life, doing nothing but spending billions and playing with any new tech. money can buy.

When looking back at it, it seems that when I started to dislike MS is when Gates stopped being CEO.

[blastus]

I hate to burst everyone's bubble here but, but this type of behavior is very common amoung executives in North American companies. Unless you have worked for a large company (10,000+ employees) yourself and have had contact with executives, like I have, it is common for them to routinely cuss and curse each other and their direct subordinates. I've even been cussed at myself by an executive. My boss had to quit his job because it affected his health. I even know someone that used to work for another large company (10,000+ employees) and was high up in the food chain--after so many years she had to resign because it was affecting her health--the treatment she got from the executives.

In short, if any of you think that this is unusual behavior for an executive--you have no clue. And you guys also have no clue what goes one behind executive doors. And as for the clips, well that's normal for an executive also. Obviously none of you have worked for a large company and have had close contact with executives. Are they crazy? Of course they are. My old boss used to call them monkeys. And we used to joke about them too because our department was on the same floor as them. As long as the execs stayed behind the airlocks and didn't contact us then we were safe. Unless of course we happened to take the same elevator. I remember getting on an elevator with one of them and I mentioned something about the algorithm the elevator uses doesn't seem to be that efficient. "Yeah" he said, "that's f-d up sh$"

[xequence]

Posted over on Slashdot.....

Probably due to the Microsoft suit against Google over human resources, some very heated exchanges have turned up in some court documents. Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer has apparently vowed to kill Internet search leader Google, according to documents filed in the increasingly bitter battle between the rivals." From the article: "At some point in the conversation, Mr. Ballmer said: 'Just tell me it's not Google,'' Lucovosky said in his statement. Lucovosky replied that he was joining Google. 'At that point, Mr. Ballmer picked up a chair and threw it across the room hitting a table in his office,' Lucovosky recounted, adding that Ballmer then launched into a tirade about Google CEO Eric Schmidt. 'I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill Google.' Schmidt previously worked for Sun Microsystems and was the CEO of Novell.

External Links
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/19/2315200&tid=123
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/microsoft-ceo-im-going-to-fing-kill-google/2005/09/03/1125302772214.html


Hah, the more I read that the more I smiled. That is just something they would do... Crazy people with crazy products at crazy prices, marketed by a crazy monopoly forcing the crazy product onto consumers.

[YourSurrogateGod]

In case no one has seen these clips yet, here are some links:

http://www.tarmo.fi/arc/monkeydance.mpeg

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

The CEO of Microsoft everybody; it really has to be seen to be believed. I'm actually fairly surprised that anyone could invest in the company having seen this clips.
Wow. What a sad excuse for a human being.

[YourSurrogateGod]

let him dance and we can all hope the tubby has a heartattack soon.
I'll certainly agree that he's an idiot that makes his company look sub-idiotic at best, but wishing death on someone like him (yes, even if he is a complete dousche) is pretty messed.

[YourSurrogateGod]

I hate to burst everyone's bubble here but, but this type of behavior is very common amoung executives in North American companies. Unless you have worked for a large company (10,000+ employees) yourself and have had contact with executives, like I have, it is common for them to routinely cuss and curse each other and their direct subordinates. I've even been cussed at myself by an executive. My boss had to quit his job because it affected his health. I even know someone that used to work for another large company (10,000+ employees) and was high up in the food chain--after so many years she had to resign because it was affecting her health--the treatment she got from the executives.

In short, if any of you think that this is unusual behavior for an executive--you have no clue. And you guys also have no clue what goes one behind executive doors. And as for the clips, well that's normal for an executive also. Obviously none of you have worked for a large company and have had close contact with executives. Are they crazy? Of course they are. My old boss used to call them monkeys. And we used to joke about them too because our department was on the same floor as them. As long as the execs stayed behind the airlocks and didn't contact us then we were safe. Unless of course we happened to take the same elevator. I remember getting on an elevator with one of them and I mentioned something about the algorithm the elevator uses doesn't seem to be that efficient. "Yeah" he said, "that's f-d up sh$"
Not to self: Join the military or work at a small company.

[az]

I hate to burst everyone's bubble here but, but this type of behavior is very common amoung executives in North American companies.

In short, if any of you think that this is unusual behavior for an executive--you have no clue.


No bubble burst here. I do have a clue. No matter how prevalent it is, it is still very sad.

That is the word for it, isn't it?

[stoffe]

To all the people in this thread, I'm happy to announce: I am no customer of that man. ;-)

[YourSurrogateGod]

He is officially on my list of loonies. Along with Pat Robertson.

[YourSurrogateGod]

To all the people in this thread, I'm happy to announce: I am no customer of that man. ;-)
I get my crap for free, then again, I'm in an uni and they provide this stuff for me, I only need to come into the CSE office, show my id and voila :) .

[bjweeks]

You all know you want to make Bill and friends ritch. :rolleyes:

[weekend warrior]

Originally Posted by blastus
I hate to burst everyone's bubble here but, but this type of behavior is very common amoung executives in North American companies. Be that as it may...


Clinically speaking (and from very limited examples obviously) there aren't clear hallmarks of pathological mental illness here, but marked signs of low self-esteem/confidence issues are apparent as well as fear of failure or appearing to have failed either in the past or present. Typically these are exhibited in suppressed introverts with self-image issues who on occasion are liable at times to exhuberantly release tension and frustration and (typically) over-compensate for their introvertedness to the extreme in public; particularly when under pressure or in stressful situations for long periods of time. Overly aggresive or apparently lunatical diplays far out of character are often the hallmark in these cases of deeper issues that ideally should be looked into by a professional. Again this is from very limited evidence and in no way whatsoever am I suggesting this is Mr. Ballmer's case. Clinically speaking however, aggresive/lunatical displays should not be accepted as ordinary or "common" by any scope.

[weekend warrior]

As for wanting to crush Google....

What's new in the MS world? "I am Billgatus of Borg. Resistance is futile (http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS_4.html)."

[Kvark]

I hate to burst everyone's bubble here but, but this type of behavior is very common amoung executives in North American companies.
Doesn't really matter how common it is within a limited group of people. A sensible person still wouldn't behave like that.

[stoffe]

I get my crap for free, then again, I'm in an uni and they provide this stuff for me, I only need to come into the CSE office, show my id and voila :) .Well then you're still a customer of him, and making sure he gets paid. It's all your fault! [-X :grin:

[darkmatter]

Well then you're still a customer of him, and making sure he gets paid. It's all your fault! [-X :grin:

Corporate FUD spreading mongrels... :-# :razz:

[papangul]

Google deserved this! They were helping MS more than MS people were doing for themselves, by releasing their programs like Picassa, Google Earth etc etc for windows platform only. If they reverse their policy Ballmer will get annihilated himself :grin:

[YourSurrogateGod]

Well then you're still a customer of him, and making sure he gets paid. It's all your fault! [-X :grin:
You can thank my friends for that. We had to do a project for our class and I decided that making a small floppy based OS in Linux would be kinda cool. The bastards said that they don't know how linux works at all and that it's too hard. They instead decided to make a project that has a bunch of sensors in a house and that it would run on VB .NET. I don't mind the .NET architecture (from my experience as a developer it's kinda sweet), but I'd rather be in Ubuntu trying to get a small OS running.

[endy]

Google deserved this! They were helping MS more than MS people were doing for themselves, by releasing their programs like Picassa, Google Earth etc etc for windows platform only. If they reverse their policy Ballmer will get annihilated himself :grin:

Even though I agree that Google should release their software on Mac, Linux and Windows at the same time you should note that Google Earth and Picassa came from buying companies and were not home grown by Google.

[openmind]

Google, Microsoft, two corporate giants who have shown they have no use for the Open-Source Community.

Would it be a great shame if either one (Or both) went down?

[Lord Illidan]

I take it as a mindless tirade by one who thinks the Earth should bow to him. Let him rant against Google...who cares?
Though, I admit, he does have reason to rant...

MSN Messenger is going to be rivalled by Google Talk
MSN search is rivalled by Google search engine
IE7 is going to be rivalled by the GBrowser, when it comes

Many of its developers are switching to google...
And google's costs are minimal as it uses open source software...

[void_false]

Google, Microsoft, two corporate giants who have shown they have no use for the Open-Source Community.

Would it be a great shame if either one (Or both) went down?

Mate you are rude ;-)

[Knome_fan]

Google, Microsoft, two corporate giants who have shown they have no use for the Open-Source Community.


Well, I sure hope you won't use any of the many things that will get to a linux desktop near you because of the google summer of code...
Also, if jabber should become more popular because of google talk, please don't use it and also make sure you don't in anyway take advantage off improvements of the linux kernel that are there because of google using linux.

And of course, don't you dare search on www.google.com/linux if you have a linux problem and most importantly, don't you dare use firefox, as google is paying the salaries of several devs.

[endy]

Well, I sure hope you won't use any of the many things that will get to a linux desktop near you because of the google summer of code...
Also, if jabber should become more popular because of google talk, please don't use it and also make sure you don't in anyway take advantage off improvements of the linux kernel that are there because of google using linux.

And of course, don't you dare search on www.google.com/linux if you have a linux problem and most importantly, don't you dare use firefox, as google is paying the salaries of several devs.

You forgot to not even use www.google.com at all as the whole infrastructure is built on Linux :)

[kvidell]

Is that really him?
yes indeedy. That's a real ad funded by Microsoft with our very own Ballmer playing salesman.

I still like the video with Fat Boy Slim's "Because We Can."

My friend who once worked for MSFT (Now works for google, hah... was a lead dev for MSN) had some interesting stories about Gates and Ballmer being crazy-people around the office.
Especially if anything failed or a dev team gave a "less than spectacular" milestone presentation for Longhorn devel.

Good times, good times.
- Kev

[KingBahamut]

Well based on the Blue Hat conference they tried to hold, and the menial hackers they hired to do it, one or two of which Ive conversed with in the past, stated that the experience was less than desireable. In entailed group A (Gates, ballmer, Yates, Martin and the others shoved into one room with a one way mirror) and Group B (hackers hired to hack up and deconstruct Longhorn) into the room next door. The sad part was , they got Vista ( or what would become Vista ) onto a malicious wireless network in under and hour of the conferences start.

Im certain that more than a few head rolled whne that happened.

And actually Ive heard very similar things about Jobs, that he loses it and turns into a screaming banshee at the Apple HQ when crap doesnt go the way its supposed to.

[trash]

Scary indeed but I don't find this kind of behavior the lease surprising.

I also firmly believe that if we want good/better laws and generally a better society to live in, we should stop electing business tycoons, lawyers, oil merchants and other so called professionals, but thats slightly off topic sorry.

rent/download it!
The corporation (Michael Moore Noam Chomsky)

[kvidell]

And actually Ive heard very similar things about Jobs, that he loses it and turns into a screaming banshee at the Apple HQ when crap doesnt go the way its supposed to.I don't doubt that one bit.
I'll see if I can find any friends of mine who may work for Apple at my next LUG meeting in Santa Clara... I think there's a few.

These people are crazy hippies when it comes to their deadlines and such...
They have a lot of money on the line... and who knows what under-the-table deals are going on that we don't know about that more likely than not only serve to make their stress worse...

- Kev

[blastus]

Doesn't really matter how common it is within a limited group of people. A sensible person still wouldn't behave like that.

Agreed. All executives are driven by the love of money and that causes them to behave in irrational ways. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with money in itself. But these executives are DRIVEN by fear, greed, massive salaries, and multi-million dollar bonuses. As such, they are incapable of completely sensible thought and rationale behavior. As such they will cuss and curse each other, cuss and curse subordinates, and treat everyone like garbage. Unless of course they are dealing with the public. In which case, they will lie about how great their company is, lie about how good their products are, lie about how bad competitor products are, and use double-speak language that only they and those that believe in the corporate religion can understand.

An example of double-speak is Alan Yates, general manager of Microsoft's Information Worker Business Strategy, saying that OpenDocument is a "locked-in format" implying that it is not an open standard because Microsoft does not control it instead of the actual meaning that one of the reasons why it is an open standard is because Microsoft does not control it.

IMO, NO ONE is worth millions of dollars to a company. These executives are corrupted and self-centered to the core. It's the little people in a company that deserve more. Ballmer's performance and his actions in those clips, particularily his rant about "I LOVE THIS COMPANY!" clearly demonstrates that he is a man driven by greed. No one in their right mind would be that worked up about being a part of a commercial corporation. This isn't just about him motivating people, it's an outward celebration of his love of money. Can you imagine just an average employee at Microsoft saying "I LOVE THIS COMPANY!" with such ferverence, intensity, and excitement? It's all about the love of money, the more money they get, the more greedy they get, and the more greedy they get, the more out-of-touch with reality they get.

[KingBahamut]

Ive heard about that LUG.

My dad lives over in Monte Serreno, I had the oppourunity once to go to it, but didnt have the time to work it into my vacation schedule..

[YourSurrogateGod]

I think that this will be interesting to see how it unfolds. 2 major companies at each other's throats.

[TristanMike]

Is that really him?Yes it is, it's for Windows 1.0

EDIT: I found a recent chat if anyone's interested http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=85529

Its 140 MB give or take.

[kvidell]

Ive heard about that LUG.

My dad lives over in Monte Serreno, I had the oppourunity once to go to it, but didnt have the time to work it into my vacation schedule..
I like LUG meetings.
I go to BayLISA too (Bay Area Large Installation System Administrators).
As soon as I get some cash I'm also going to get a joint membership for Usenix and SAGE.
- Kev

[papangul]

Well, I sure hope you won't use any of the many things that will get to a linux desktop near you because of the google summer of code...

Really? Is anyone aware of any progress on that front? Can I look forward to using Picassa on Ubuntu soon?

[aveline]

Well based on the Blue Hat conference they tried to hold, and the menial hackers they hired to do it, one or two of which Ive conversed with in the past, stated that the experience was less than desireable. In entailed group A (Gates, ballmer, Yates, Martin and the others shoved into one room with a one way mirror) and Group B (hackers hired to hack up and deconstruct Longhorn) into the room next door. The sad part was , they got Vista ( or what would become Vista ) onto a malicious wireless network in under and hour of the conferences start.

Im certain that more than a few head rolled whne that happened.

And actually Ive heard very similar things about Jobs, that he loses it and turns into a screaming banshee at the Apple HQ when crap doesnt go the way its supposed to.
i feel cluless...i don't understand what your point was about vista & this network?

aveline

[KingBahamut]

Avenline, speaking on the status of MS as a company and the lengths that they will go to prove their point, no matter how pointless that is, wether it be through their failures in technology or their inability to keep up with newer forms of technology -- for which lead into these forays of lawsuits and legal briefs that are as senseless as SCO going after IBM for billions.

[skoal]

Ballmer throwing chairs? Go get 'em Bobby Knight, err, Steve!

\\//_

[YourSurrogateGod]

Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballmer) is a wiki page about ballmer. The guy might be a nut, but he's no dummy.

[YourSurrogateGod]

It makes me wonder though, if he's so smart and does so much stupid crap, what's really up with this guy?

[KingBahamut]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Steve_Ballmer_fuzzy.jpg/180px-Steve_Ballmer_fuzzy.jpg

If you saw that coming after you,would you be scared.

He has the same look on his face as that guy that was runnin for the democratic nomination, the one that yelled all the time, forget the guys name.

[YourSurrogateGod]

If you saw that coming after you,would you be scared.
You have a point.

He has the same look on his face as that guy that was runnin for the democratic nomination, the one that yelled all the time, forget the guys name.
Howard Dean?

[weekend warrior]

from Wikipedia:
Steve Ballmer can be so zealous in expressing his enthusiasm that once his vocal cords required surgery after he screamed "Windows, Windows, Windows" continuously at a Japan meeting in 1991. Again, from a clinical standpoint; case evidence such as this would suggest that something is wrong somewhere. When a person willingly engages in activities that result in such serious bodily injury (which implies that it would have been physically very difficult to ignore the potential consequences during said activity), then that person should seek professional help and guidance.



(Again; from an impersonal case view, not necessarily Mr. Ballmer's)

[jeremy]

In Britain a person can be comitted to a mental institution if two doctors sign the papers, any uk doctors in the house?

[jeremy]

On reflection, I feel that this may be unfair on the other inmates.

[drizek]

On reflection, I feel that this may be unfair on the other inmates.
"Psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos, psychos!!!!! "

"I LOVE THIS MENTAL HOSPITAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[skoal]

I heard at a recent Ubuntu conference someone saw Mark Shuttleworth jumping up and down and shouting, "Breezy developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, yeeeeeeAHHH!"

\\//_

[az]

Maybe we can wrap this thread up since it can only go down from here. We probably have already violated the code of conduct....

I do not predict great things from this thread.

[poofyhairguy]

I do not predict great things from this thread.

Actually, its more than run its course. We all get it....Ballmer has problems a few billion can't fix. Proves that money can't buy happiness.

Thread closed.