Ballmer on Innovation

prostoalex writes "Robert Scoble interviewed Steve Ballmer on the topics of blogging, innovation at Microsoft, Microsoft's work with developers and other things. Video is available in WMV format." From the interview: "Did IBM out innovate us? I don't think so. I don't think they've done much interesting at all. What about Oracle? I don't think they've done much innovative at all. What about the open source guys? Ah, the business model is interesting but we haven't seen much in the way of technical innovation. People cite Google. Google has done some interesting stuff."

take advantage and exploit that

[Anonymous Coward]

from the interview:

Q: I'm on the evangelism team here, why do we have an evangelism team?

A: Well, really helping developers understand what we got available for them to use, not just frankly in Windows, but in Office and our Server products, what they can take advantage of, exploit that. ...

Yes, and with poor software design, a lot of exploits can be written.

Re:take advantage and exploit that

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

A: Well, really helping developers understand what we got

And Balmer really knows all about that [ntk.net] doesn't he?

Re:innovation.

[damsa]

malware?

Microsoft Is Innovative

[Evil W1zard]

Or at least they will be soon when they are the first company to buy a Spyware company and then incorporate that Spyware directly into the OS. Plus the Spyware will be proprietary so you will need to pay them 10k to view some code to make an API for your spyware to talk to its spyware and ....

At least one innovation...

[LaminatorX]

Hey, come on. If these guys weren't so innovative I'd never have been able to program my Altair in BASIC. That's gotta count for somethin.

bad maths

[recurrence]

are you gonna create opportunities where my program somehow works with another guy's programs and one plus one equal three. Windows has been that.

This is what worries me.

Re:innovation.

[advocate_one]

innovate: 1. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. 2. To begin or introduce something new.

There you go... that's how Microsoft can, with a straight face, call whatever they do "innovation"...

Re:Asking *MS* about innovation?

[Ingolfke]

EMACS doesn't copy Microsoft, it copies vi. Drop it and switch to a decent editor [vim.org] now.

Re:Asking *MS* about innovation?

[Ingolfke]

and linux does? all linux /oss guys do is copy MS....

You're full of crap. Linux absolutely does not copy Microsoft. They copy BSD.

What about Apple?

[otisg]

Funny, he didn't mention Apple?

There's a Word for That

[stephensamuel]

Innovation at Microsoft is an oxymoron.

I think they've also patented the idea of innovation....

and trademarked the word.

And next week....

[mormop]

Joseph Goebbels on Compassion, George Bush on grammar and Count Dracula on the health benefits of a Vegan Diet.

Re:Asking *MS* about innovation?

[Tim Browse]

You mean the iPod click wheel? :-)

Offtopic but funnier than the cream pie

[L1TH10N]

Balmer is great at making presentations [funnyhub.com].

Re:Bullshit

[maxwell demon]

Microsoft haven't innovated anything, ever.

Clippy? <gd&r>

I call.

[blair1q]

I call.

Ballmer is bluffing.

He's the worst poker player ever, and his air of aloof pretense spreads like strawberry frosting.

I'm all-in.

Re:The monkey man screeches

[sirdude]

I think all articles everywhere that mention Steve Ballmer should include a link to this [albinoblacksheep.com].