Windows 8 will be Microsoft's 'riskiest product bet'

chaosmachine wrote: post #5

levesque wrote: post #2

Off topic: Is Steve Ballmer supposed to be a good speaker? He sounds arrogant to me.

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with Steve Ballmer... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc

That's it, I'm sticking with Windows for life.

Re: Windows 8 will be Microsoft's 'riskiest product bet'

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Post by levesque » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 6:56 PM UTC

chaosmachine wrote: post #5

levesque wrote: post #2

Off topic: Is Steve Ballmer supposed to be a good speaker? He sounds arrogant to me.

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with Steve Ballmer... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc

Wow, this was... unexpected.

Re: Windows 8 will be Microsoft's 'riskiest product bet'

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Post by pohl » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 6:57 PM UTC

Here's the bit I found most interesting, wherein Steve has a hard time selling the idea that "Windows" is somehow the same whether it's the Windows 7 variant on the HP pad or a WP7 phone. The interviewer wanted to know if the latter was coming to tablets, but Ballmer didn't pick up on that or tried to deflect the implicit fragmentation question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKB8XEXm3Oo#t=2m54s

Re: Windows 8 will be Microsoft's 'riskiest product bet'

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Post by Keyframe » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 7:29 PM UTC

levesque wrote: post #2

Off topic: Is Steve Ballmer supposed to be a good speaker? He sounds arrogant to me.

He's a party dude at college that everybody knows. Eccentric and likable. Impulsive, yet benign (I don't want to say simple on purpose).

Re: Windows 8 will be Microsoft's 'riskiest product bet'

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Post by forgottenpaswrd » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 7:32 PM UTC

levesque wrote: post #2

Off topic: Is Steve Ballmer supposed to be a good speaker? He sounds arrogant to me.

Extremely arrogant to me. I didn't knew this face, I would despise having a boss like him.