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Microsoft holding a “funeral” for the iPhone after launching the Windows Phone 7 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Don't forget respect for human beings. He implemented particularly brutal stack-ranking.

[–] TotalSonic 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think the only thing Ballmer has ever respected is money, he seems to me just a bean counter and obnoxiously hyped up "salesguy" in his personality, with not much depth beyond that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I heard he's pretty enthusiastic about developers, developers, developers, developers...

[–] random9 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly, there was a reported incident of him taking an employee's personal iphone during a meeting and smashing it. While it's understandable that a CEO might be upset that an employee is using the competition's products, that is also a completely inappropriate response and destruction of property. Guy's been an obnoxious asshole all his life, and has only been surrounded by people who had reason not to upset him - his ego has got to be through the roof.

Actually that last sentence is true of pretty much every rich shitbag out there.

[–] captainlezbian 2 points 8 months ago

Also a good ceo would ask why the employee uses the competition and treat it as free market research. Or just be a jackass that convinces them to associate your company with abuse