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Posted on 02/15/2007 7:04:00 PM PST by Swordmaker
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that Wall Street's current expectations for revenue from its newest operating system may be too "optimistic."
"I'm really excited about how enthusiastic people are about Vista, but I think some of the revenue forecasts for Vista in 2008 are overly aggressive," Ballmer said in a meeting for financial analysts. "(Vista) is primarily a chance to sustain what (Windows) revenue we have -- not every release is a revenue growing opportunity.". . .
Ballmer also responded to a question about a series of commercials made by smaller computer maker Apple Inc.. . .
"I'll give Apple credit for what it's done," Ballmer said. It's not like they've really grown a lot of market share (through the commercials). Remember, when you're the little tiny niche guy who owns about 2 percent of the worldwide (computer) market, you can be cute one time and it helps you grow."
(Excerpt) Read more at businessweek.com ...
Apple's computer sales are growing five times greater than the industry average...
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He's always been a little nuts....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk
Same topic, different article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1785651/posts
Ooh -- Thats plumb scary.
As underwhelmed as I've been by the narrow gulf between Windows 95
and Windows XP Professional...
I will likely delay an upgrade to Windows Vista as long as possible.
And maybe even skip a generation.
Take about wow! That's scary and so very 1970's Ronco-matic-ish.
Seeing you on an Apple thread is about as pleasant as seeing a pile of dog poo in the middle of the street.
How the hell is this an Apple thread?
Not, one word about Apple or Mac...
Ouch careful, I am sure somewhere there is a M$ conspiracy there.
According to the latest Apple commercial I will soon be asked if its ok to post this, not by Freerepublic but by Vista.
Why these "media outlets" continue to give Apple "free" advertising should be investigated... IMHO...
hehehe, ;)
Did Ballmer throw a chair at the interviewer when they asked him that question?
Micro$oft speak for "Our product sucks, its loaded with DRM, slows down your machine, and we control what you do from now on. But because we are virtually a monopoly, tough luck, suck it!"
ROTFLMAO...I remember when 47th Street Photo was giving away Windows 1.0 when you bought 64K of memory chips.
*snicker*
Vista is such a POS I won't even pirate it.
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