Re: Even His Employees Don't Like Steve Ballmer

wilby

On 10/6/2010 10:00 AM, Alias wrote:
> On 10/06/2010 05:59 PM, Alias wrote:
>> http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/06/tech...ey_mostpopular
>>
>>
>>
>> From the article, even Wall Street doesn't like him:
>>
>> "Some on Wall Street have been calling for his head for years. Since
>> Ballmer took the reins as CEO from Bill Gates in 2000, Microsoft's stock
>> has been nearly cut in half. Despite this year's strong financial
>> performance and impressive sales of Windows 7, Office 2010 and cloud
>> products for corporate customers, Microsoft's stock has gotten hammered,
>> falling 20%."
>>
>> How long before MS is history?
>>
>
> It's time to check out Linux, folks. I recommend Linux Mint. Get it free
> at http://www.linuxmint.com/
>

I used to laugh at such suggestions however when presented with a spare
computer and much spare time I gave Linux a try. I ended up with Ubuntu
but that isn't the important point.

I was surprised at how easily I downloaded it (free), installed it
(fast, and no secret serial numbers), and immediately installed
Thunderbird (my favorite email software).

Pushing a few keys brought me a load of suggested updates, and then I
was actually doing some useful computer work.

I then pointed it to many of my older windows created documents and was
able to open and use them.

Don't be afraid to give linux a try, the worst would be that you later
deleted it. It won't cost you a dime to find out.

I even loaded it on a different old computer as a second booting option
(Win 2000 was primary) and ven that worked well.

I learn something new every day, if I keep my eyes open.

Wilby

DanS

>>>
>>> How long before MS is history?
>>>
>>
>> It's time to check out Linux, folks. I recommend Linux
>> Mint. Get it free at http://www.linuxmint.com/
>>
>
> I used to laugh at such suggestions however when presented
> with a spare computer and much spare time I gave Linux a
> try.

That's probably all the most-reasonable of the Linux community
want.

Or anything for that matter.

Don't let anyone make up your mind about anything...not matter
how many times they preach/put down solution A or preach/putdown
solution B.

If you try out (whatever) for yourself, give it an honest shot,
then your opinion means something and it counts.

XS11E

wilby <boldaros@marchfail.com> wrote:

Another too stupid to read the title of the group!



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