Comments on: Ballmer says Microsoft is different

CEO Steve Ballmer outlines what he believes makes Microsoft stand out from the competition.

[Earl Benser]

Not so much news....

Already have mySQL. Don't need Server 2005 or Visual Studio or
BizTalk.

IE 7 is unnecessary.

WinXP is quite adequate. No interest in Vista

Current Office is quite adequate. Office 12 seems to be coming
with too many functions I don't like or want.

,Net has yet to show any value.

Windows Live and MSN are functional failures, at least at this
time.

Passport seems to be an MS attempt to run your personal data.

Well, Ballmer has his goals. That's nice. They just aren't mine.

And, that's life

[SystemsJunky]

earl

",Net has yet to show any value."

Yeah, no value to you because you're obviously not a developer. .Not in the best API i've ever used, MS has innovated heavily in my mind on that front. Its better than pretty much every other Dev Inv i've used.

mySQL Is great for Small DB's...SQL=Large Scaleable DB's

Too many functions in Office? Yeah whatever. There are actually less, that do more, and its by far easier to use than any other orfice on the market.

MSN is a functional failure with 215 Million Users. Failure? Id hate to see what real failure is to you.

If those arent your goals, to upgrade that is. Then why do you comment on things you really dont know much about?

[gee672]

Marketing Live!

Here's another classic example of "vaporware". Bosses discuss imminent threat from competitor. Assigns marketing dept to think of a catchy marketing campaign. Present to the media a non-existing technology.

Microsoft is knee deep in releasing a 5 year project that the Titanic would probably be easier to steer away from the iceberg.

GW

[alek_nedic]

catchy marketing campaign

http://www.analogstereo.com/vacuum/miele_hay_fever.htm

[poson]

I like Live.com which can give us more choice other than Google and Yahoo e

I am from China. we are very confident on Windows Live and Xbox business

Ballmer looks like that Kozlowski guy.

I don't know about you guys but Ballmer reminds me of the Kozlowsky guy, they both resemble themselves in appearance. The face i just can't get around that idea each time i see his picture

[Blito]

Just a bad picture

Maybe like a football player too He's gotta do a
reality T.V. show.

[OneWithTech]

Blowing Some Serious Smoke

You know Balmer has been doing this for so long for Bill that it's
natural to him. Just likes it's natural for me to do what I do. I'm
very good at, much like Balmer.

The difference between me and Balmer is that I don't blow
smoke up my clients A$$'s in hopes the'll continue to use my
services or products.

Let get this straight, you think your products should be put off
of the legacy level. or should be someday. How about putting
out a product that doesn't derserve the Legacy Level.

Windows is cheap here is the US. Bull! $199 for an upgrade and
$299 for the whole version. Is that cheap to you, or the 10
percent of Americans that are rich. My clients will tell you that
your software is over priced. And I'll tell them the only reason
there is a slimmed down version of XP overseas is becuase if
they didn't create some kind of cheap OS for the Internation
Market they would of lost it to Linux.

Wait, they already lost China!

One thing you'll notice about a truly superior computer
company: There not in the headlines everyday trying to compete
with EVERYBODY's technology in the computer world. A truly
superior computer company will continue to progress on it's
roots. The core that made the company. Take a look at APPLE
and you will see.

For you, Microsoft, the core has been lost to XBOX, book search
competition with Google, search enjine competion with
everybody. As well as a host of other projects that you represent
but fall short of everytime.

Microsoft, a company with endless resources, can't even abide
by a Judges ruling. And now I have been subject to Steve Balmer
telling CNET News.com how everything is just peachy.

Stop lying to yourself and the rest of the %85 percent of general
public about how Microsoft is doing. Why don't you stop yapping
and start producing? I mean producing something that isn't a
security risk for everybody that uses any one of your products!

This is what we would like to see. No a bunch of smoke being
blown up our IT A$$'s.

www.techviewstoday.tech01.net

~Justin

[jatos]

Agreed

Mate, when these two things are sorted I will go back to Windows:

A: Make windows a decent price
B: Make so it runs on more than just the latest PC.

Till then, I will stick with my UNIX based OS's.

[SystemsJunky]

Earth to Justin

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN....

[SystemsJunky]

WHOOOOWHAT!

Take a look at crAPPLE and you will see. Please, What roots? Oh you mean the finder right...? Or the OS that couldnt be delivered on there own works alone. Its too bad though that they cant make their own OS.

[penguinista3]

Re: Low cost reality will come from Open Source Software

I applaud Steve's vision of a low cost Pc. But I believe open source software will be the ones that actually can turn low cost computing dream into reality. Look, I have to pay a few hundred dollars for accounting software, office suite etc.

I recently bought a CD from raptorhead.com, an open source desktop apps company that provide bundled service and support for OSS on Windows Pc. This is an example of providing low cost but quality software to consumers and small business operators.

[Llib Setag]

Micro "soft" PR Ad...C/NET "interview"

Ballimer to C/NOT:"Let's act like we are just having an "interview", but in reality it is a Microsoft PR promo for up & comming vaporware & more press for our next savior "Vista"...OK?
Here's the money & script, follow along C/NOT (or we will pull all of our banner ads from your site.
THIS IS NOT NEWS...