@beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid: By every modern measure of intelligence and success he is not. When you run a multinational company that has products in every country in the world I'm sure he'll care what you think.
Media players is a niche category? Doubtful. I don't think I know a single person of any age now who doesn't own a PMP of some stripe...and a good half of the people I know own at least two.
@Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: It was nothing more than a low class passive aggressive swipe at a man, who like him or not, has achieved more in his career than Matt Buchanan could ever aspire to.
@snathanb: I see. And you've never made a smarmy comment about anyone, in your entire life? Oh wait, I think you just did. I guess you're no better than Matt. Welcome to the low class land of snark and make-believe..
@Daniel Grinton: You think Matt's statement was aggressive because he posited that Ballmer's coffee consumption might account for his displays of hyperactive behavior?
Good interview. I think he's got a point in regards to smart phones. Currently they are a niche market but they won't be soon. I don't see a single company selling hundreds of millions of one device each year. Let's just hope for their sake that Winmo 7 is as good as Win7, otherwise it's gonna be android that will be the big software provider for all those phones.
@danielsmi: Agreed. Microsoft is actually playing an 'underdog' role these days, and doing it quite well. Having great success with Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010 looks great, Zune HD is an excellent product - who is to say where Windows Mobile will be in a year from now.
I do find it interesting that Ballmer can be drinking coffee and not jumping off of the walls. Maybe it has the opposite effect on him that it does on the rest of us.
Great interview, though - and your points, danielsmi, are good ones.
@danielsmi: I don't think the scale of what he said is sinking in. Non-niche is 300+ mill a year. That's almost the entire US population. The trends you are seeing in the richest country in the world aren't exactly telling on the world scale.
If I could legally download content from TPB in exchange for letting them use my computer during its idle time (like Folding@Home), I would be all over that.
PirateBay was my favorite site followed by Mininova and ISOhunt. The best piratebay feature was the Top 100 feature which I will dearly miss because neither Mininova nor ISOhunt have anything close.
TPB, i hate to see you go. But we both know it's over. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to move on, it’s just so devastating, sometimes I – holy shit look at her! She’s hot! What’s your name baby? Mininova? Well, Mini, let’s get to fuckin’! What? Who, TPB? Nah, I was never really that into her. Come on. Just touch it.
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Did we just find Giz's next Photoshop contest!? Dress Ballmer as a "mac"!!
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That guy is a blithering IDIOT!
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Media players is a dying market, with the integration into smart phones, especially as online streaming of music (last.fm, pandora) gains popularity.
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I do find it interesting that Ballmer can be drinking coffee and not jumping off of the walls. Maybe it has the opposite effect on him that it does on the rest of us.
Great interview, though - and your points, danielsmi, are good ones.
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imagine every living creature becoming intoxicated after a light rain? chaos my friend, complete girl on girl chaos.
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I already had to take it to have the interior detailed after NPH stole it that night I was trying to get to White Castle.
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You can do better than that.
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So, what's the largest non-sold out torrent service nowadays?
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Top Torrent Sites
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I don’t know if you noticed, by my comment wasn’t exactly intended to be straight out of Encyclopedia Britannica.
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:'(
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don't take it personally, i'm a snarky ass to EVERYONE.
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