Ballmer, you are killing me!

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<p>Bad habit to follow one stock day to day. Our only single stock holding but a monkey could do a better job running this company.</p>

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<p>Ballmer is among the worst CEOs in America. He has done nothing to improve Microsoft’s stock price. If Ballmer did not own so many shares of MIcrosoft, he would have been thrown out of his postion a long time ago.</p>

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<p>Why do they need to buy Yahoo?</p>

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<p>^^May be they don’t, may be they are just teasing Google? ;)</p>

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<p>I don’t like either name “Microhoo” or " Yasoft". :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Mycrohoosoft? ;)</p>

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<p>“Our only single stock holding but a monkey could do a better job running this company.”</p>

<p>Where do you expect MSFT to be? It has a P/E of 16 and a 1.5% dividend…About right.</p>

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<p>I expected them to come out with a profitable NEW product every DECADE or so with 30,000 employees running around Redmond. They were a tech company you know… They have not had a good new idea since they stole Windows from Apple. That pricing is good for a washing machine company–but Bosch is more innovative. Apple sells at a 26 multiple. A good leader with some new ideas should have M around that level.</p>

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<p>not to sidetrack, but when I saw this thread I thought it was about my hometown of Baltimore, written with the correct Baltimore accent, “Ballmer.”
As for “Ballmer, you are killing me…” that’s about how I felt when I left it at age l7. Today it’s a better city, IMHO, than in l968.</p>

<p>carry on, sorry to interrupt :)</p>

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<p>Being relentless works better with an Army than a tech firm. What they need are new simple ideas. Not Field Marshall Ballmer throwing chairs.</p>

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<p>barrons, do you feel happier today? :wink: Stop watching the market if you are not planning to sell your holdings any time soon!</p>

<p><a href=“http://finance.yahoo.com/print/expert/article/moneyhappy/65460[/url]”>http://finance.yahoo.com/print/expert/article/moneyhappy/65460&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>(Agree with your assessment of Ballmer).</p>

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<p>I thought the title should have read “Bawlmer, you’re killing me, hon!”</p>

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<p>I just love to hate Ballmer. He rubs me totally the wrong way. The money is really nothing. It just keeps score and the amount hardly matters overall. But it would have been nice to have converted it to Google early on. It’s actually in my wife’s personal account and she will hold on till she dies.</p>

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<p>More good management from Microsoft CEO Beavis (oh, I mean Ballmer). </p>

<p>[EU</a> Slaps Record Fine on Microsoft for Defying Sanctions - European Union * Europe * News * Story - MSNBC.com](<a href=“http://www.cnbc.com/id/23365419/site/14081545/]EU”>http://www.cnbc.com/id/23365419/site/14081545/)</p>

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<p>Yes and he made the wrong bet on HD recordings too. Way to go Bozo.</p>

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<p>barrons, your favorite CEO is a YouTube star:</p>

<p>[Microsoft</a> | Microsoft’s Ballmer dances, jokes and tackles all the subjects in onstage interview | Seattle Times Newspaper](<a href=“http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2004266049_mix07.html]Microsoft”>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2004266049_mix07.html)</p>

<p>There is a link to the YouTube video in the article.</p>

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<p>I thought this thread was gonna be about the frigging basketball team.
:rolleyes:</p>

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<p>He shoulda gotten axed a long time ago with the delays over Vista/Longhorn. XBox 360 saved him. But oops, too bad for those poor souls who paid an extra $150 for the HD-DVD add on. Zune is a joke.</p>

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<p>[Steve</a> Ballmer going crazy](<a href=“http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4396890233075684249]Steve”>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4396890233075684249)</p>

<p>I think this video says it all. I too dislike him, but not for his business decisions–just because he’s a jerk (can I say that?)</p>