Balmer doing the dance!
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Balmer is this way most of the time. He is at the top of the "type A" scale with a high intensity sales background. I saw him a few years ago at a MS sales convension and he really fires up the staff. They love him, and his approach appears to work well. A story is told about a national PC convention. Apple had made some press about having PCs that were crash proof. Balmer showed up with a floppy, went to the Apple booth, and supposedly DOA'ed every one of their PCs in a spectical event. Keeping the image of this video in mind, one can just imagine what things might have been like that day for Apple... Ed
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Now this is just ridiculous! :) http://www.ntk.net/ballmer/dancemonkeyboy.mpg
He's always like that. He screams at staff meetings and things. I remember once he had to have a throat operation because he caused some damage to his throat after screaming at one of the public events. Cheers, Peter
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He's always like that. He screams at staff meetings and things. I remember once he had to have a throat operation because he caused some damage to his throat after screaming at one of the public events. Cheers, Peter
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I've never seen him at events before, so that's interesting to know. I guess it takes someone with bubbling excitement all of the time to keep the employees excited and motivated.
Especially keeping them excited about Microsoft. I wonder how many employees are *truly* happy about the XP activation stuff, and how many are more like me and want to find an alternative to Windows instead of using XP *because* of the activation stuff...
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Balmer is this way most of the time. He is at the top of the "type A" scale with a high intensity sales background. I saw him a few years ago at a MS sales convension and he really fires up the staff. They love him, and his approach appears to work well. A story is told about a national PC convention. Apple had made some press about having PCs that were crash proof. Balmer showed up with a floppy, went to the Apple booth, and supposedly DOA'ed every one of their PCs in a spectical event. Keeping the image of this video in mind, one can just imagine what things might have been like that day for Apple... Ed
I looked up this "Type A" personality stuff that you mentioned (I didn't know it was a household word), and he better watch himself according to this article :) http://www.mindpub.com/art207.htm
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Especially keeping them excited about Microsoft. I wonder how many employees are *truly* happy about the XP activation stuff, and how many are more like me and want to find an alternative to Windows instead of using XP *because* of the activation stuff...
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Now this is just ridiculous! :) http://www.ntk.net/ballmer/dancemonkeyboy.mpg
Truly sad what a guy's gotta do these days to keep his job :) Cheers, Tom "Ya got lucky, ya lucky prick" - Keith McCready
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Especially keeping them excited about Microsoft. I wonder how many employees are *truly* happy about the XP activation stuff, and how many are more like me and want to find an alternative to Windows instead of using XP *because* of the activation stuff...
I have an alternative which I think will hurt Microsoft more than Linux, Mac, or any other such OS: Windows 2000 It's stable, it's fast, it runs VS.NET, it slices, it dices... why in the world would I need to upgrade? Regards, Alvaro
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Truly sad what a guy's gotta do these days to keep his job :) Cheers, Tom "Ya got lucky, ya lucky prick" - Keith McCready
:) Yeah, but I think if I was making the kind of money he's making I'd be prancing around and saying how much "I love this company" too. Regards, Alvaro
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Now this is just ridiculous! :) http://www.ntk.net/ballmer/dancemonkeyboy.mpg
Funny, you'ld think he'd be thinner than that if he moves around like that on a regular basis. :laugh: Jamie Nordmeyer Portland, Oregon, USA
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Funny, you'ld think he'd be thinner than that if he moves around like that on a regular basis. :laugh: Jamie Nordmeyer Portland, Oregon, USA
You cruel, cruel man, I love you :-) Way funny Stephen Kellett -- C++/Java/Win NT/Unix variants Memory leaks/corruptions/performance/system problems. UK based. Problems with RSI/WRULD? Contact me for advice.
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Now this is just ridiculous! :) http://www.ntk.net/ballmer/dancemonkeyboy.mpg
The start reminded me of Jerry Springer! Stephen Kellett -- C++/Java/Win NT/Unix variants Memory leaks/corruptions/performance/system problems. UK based. Problems with RSI/WRULD? Contact me for advice.
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Now this is just ridiculous! :) http://www.ntk.net/ballmer/dancemonkeyboy.mpg