Steve Ballmer: Analogy Extraordinare
Boy, I just love it when Steve Ballmer opens his mouth and uses analogies. I read a recent Ars Technica article in which theres a comment made by Ballmer in response to a question on whether he’d like to improve Live Search by “smacking it on the back of the head”:
“Absolutely not. I would say ‘Hey, you know, you’re just three years old,’” Ballmer replied. “‘And we’ve got you in there playing basketball with the 12-year-olds, and you know what? You’re growing up quick, you’re getting better every day, and you’ve got all the potential in the world. If it takes you until you’re six, seven, eight, nine, 10—but you’re gonna dunk, and you’re gonna dunk every other guy some day,’”
Hmm…ok. So if Microsoft is three now and will be so much better when they’re 10 or 12, that means that by the time they get better and are able to “dunk” their search capability Google will be about 23. I don’t know about you but I can’t remember the last time I’ve ever seen a 12 year old beat a 23 year old professional NBA player. If that’s Ballmer’s idea of a business strategy then I can’t wait to see what he has in store for the rest of Microsoft. Should provide a lot of laughs for years to come.
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