Comments on: Microsoft’s Ballmer to Apple: It’s on (again)

By: John

John — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:03:08 +0000

“Ballmer also stated that he wouldn’t let his kids use an iPod (or any Apple or Google offering for that matter)”

Just another of the MANY reasons it would suck to be his kid…

By: Jamie Poitra

Jamie Poitra — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:16:08 +0000

I continue to find Balmer’s strategy baffling.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:19:38 +0000

Get a Mac

By: Barb Darrow

Barb Darrow — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:56:52 +0000

i actually don’t remember metricom so i’ll be googling um binging(?) it.

By: Barb Darrow

Barb Darrow — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:56:00 +0000

great thread of comments. Ifyou have thoughts on why Microsoft can or can’t repeat its history of entering a market late and then dominating it, plse send me email at barb dot darrow at gigaom dot com or DM me on Twitter (gigabarb)

By: David

David — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:29:40 +0000

Big hat, no cattle.

By: Tom_B

Tom_B — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:38:36 +0000

All he’s got are some moldy server and OS solutions– not even on UNIX yet– favored by moldy old IT guys who grew up on DOS.

By: Steve K

Steve K — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:54:05 +0000

Does anyone remember the Metricom fiasco? Balmer came out of that mess with millions. I think with him it’s about money and power, not creating anything useful.

By: Bunyip

Bunyip — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:48:20 +0000

“We have our advantages in something-or-other-which-sounds-important. We have our advantages in terms of blah-blah-blah. We have got our advantages in terms of when you plug into yabba-dabba-doo.”

By: Barb Darrow

Barb Darrow — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:11:09 +0000

@jose In terms of market caps… msft doesn’t look so bad, as of today its market cap is about $250B. Apple is at nearly $567B, IBM at about $215B and Google (surprising me) at just under $190B.