My buddy Todd at TechFlash reports thatMicrosoft boss Steve Ballmer fail on an anti - Apple rantyesterday in NYC , say “ the tide has really turn back ” toward Microsoft products , add together “ The [ downturned ] economy is helpful . ”
Todd quoted Ballmer , in a webcast , pronounce exactly this :
Apple gained about one point , but now I think the lunar time period has really turned back the other direction … The economy is helpful . give an extra $ 500 for a computer in this environment — same small-arm of hardware — pay $ 500 more to get a logotype on it ? I reckon that ’s a more ambitious proposal for the average person than it used to be .
Say what you will about the virtue of Windows vs Mac bone , but it is kinda funny for a software guy to suggest that it ’s the hardware that makes the computing machine .
We ’ve heardsimilar Ballmerisms before , but my favourite part of the discussion was something Ballmer said later , when ask if he owned any Apple product :
https://gizmodo.com/steve-ballmer-on-macs-vs-pc-in-the-recession-5137074
I do n’t , my sons do n’t , my wife doesn’t … You’re talking to a guy , though , whose dad work for Ford , and once Ford soldLand Roverand Jaguar , we ’re selling the cars to get Fords , so you may have a uncanny outlier in me .
At least there ’s still Volvo , right , Steve ? [ TechFlash ]
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