Steve Ballmer reveals why he can't change TV channels
The atmosphere at the Christmas party for Microsoft's lawyers might be a little quieter this year after the software vendor finally called time on its attempts to get the EU to agree to the Gates/Ballmer vision of competition. After nine years of legal tussles (and nine years of hefty lawyer's bills), Microsoft decided not to …
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Posted Friday 26th October 2007 13:59 GMT
Steve's Spiffy Remote #
Mr. Ballmer must be contractually obligated to remain blissfully ignorant of LinuxMCE, which has no problem running the whole house from a cell phone if the user desires!
Posted Friday 26th October 2007 19:00 GMT
Oh nonsense! #
Steve can't change TV channels because his monkey species hasn't evolved to the point of having opposable thumbs.
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