Ballmer vows to "fucking kill Google"

[solo]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/microsoft-ceo-im-going-to-fing-kill-google/2005/09/03/1125302772214.html

Ballmer's threat last November was recounted in a sworn declaration by a former Microsoft engineer, Mark Lucovsky, who said he met with Microsoft's chief executive 10 months ago to discuss his decision to leave the company after six years.

After learning Lucovsky was leaving to take a job at Google, Ballmer picked up his chair and hurled it across his office, according to the declaration.
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Ballmer then pejoratively berated Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Lucovsky recalled.

"I'm going to f---ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again," the declaration quotes Ballmer. "I'm going to f---ing kill Google."

I could've figured he was the angry one at M$, he's probably bending Billy over every which way but he doesn't care cuz it makes him rich.

A question remains when looking at Ballmer's behavior toward competitive companies. Was it Bill Gates who made Microsoft evil, or did he just make it suck and Ballmer made it evil. The latter is my take.

[Lead Head]

He has big anger management problems, I think he might have made microsoft evil to. He probably can kill google but the fact the he through his chair acroos the room

[Jack2000]

Microsoft ... hm...
do you remember when you type in google "Go to hell"
and then the first page was Micro soft

i say maby google is wright microsoft is evil+sold theyr souls to the devil()

[DavidB]

Was it Bill Gates who made Microsoft evil, or did he just make it suck and Ballmer made it evil. The latter is my take.

Oh, please, Bill Gates is obviously evil, a trait he apparently inherited from the corporate whore he calls a father. Bill Balmer is hardly the only scum he's recruited.

[MarathoN]

Bill Balmer, I like that one

[Kintaro]

Haha, I would laugh if the Google CEO went missing and Ballmer got blamed with his murder.

[Jenda]

Isn't it Steve or something?

[Kintaro]

Steve Ballmer, yeah

[Kintaro]

HOLY SEXY

[Jack2000]

Was not western myth that bold man are "sexy"
well i guess he shaved his hair jsut to look a litle bit
not so ugly
i do not dere try and picture him with hair

[mobrien_12]

From a post at Groklaw"

Ballmer's temper is old news. From The Economist, April 1, 1999, "Bill's Bull-horn" http://www.econ omist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=195914 (subscription required), a 908-word essay with quotes like, "When Mr Ballmer gets excited, it

[Jenda]

"He regularly called up customers who had chosen competitors

[Commander]

i think ballmer scared billy into giving him the job.. i mean NOONE can be stupid enough to give a fucker like ballmer ANY PR jobs.. not even the great gates.

[jtpenrod]

i think ballmer scared billy into giving him the job.. i mean NOONE can be stupid enough to give a fucker like ballmer ANY PR jobs.. not even the great gates.

Not really, it looks like a good move. That way, the two of them can play "Good Cop; Bad Cop". Ballmer also makes Gates look good.

[Kintaro]

Not really, it looks like a good move. That way, the two of them can play "Good Cop; Bad Cop". Ballmer also makes Gates look good.

Good point. He does tend to make Gates look good. However lets not ignore the fact that he has also been highly sucsessful in getting companies to use Microsoft products.