I think Steve Ballmer's just annoyed that people are starting to buy macs, and starting to see how much better they are. I tried the windows 7 rc the other day, and i've never known a more slow, unusable, boring, inaccessible, badly designed and unrelyable operating system. When ms ends support for xp in 2014, i'm switching to mac. ash ----- Original Message ----- From: John Panarese To: macvoiceover Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:45 PM Subject: [macvoiceover] Fwd: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a "rounding error" My apologies for the cross posting and somewhat off topic nature of the post. However, I think this article really speaks volumes as to why Apple and Microsoft are going in opposite directions. The perspective of Ballmer has been MS's biggest problem for years now, and this speech typifies why MS's stock and market share has taken heavy hits in recent months. Make no mistakes, folks. It isn't a give and take deal. Microsoft has been losing market share and stock value consistently for five years now. This is the guy who went on CNN and laughed at the iPhone when it was first released claiming, "No one will buy a $400 cell phone." He hasn't gotten it and Still doesn't get it. Take Care John Panarese Begin forwarded message: Date: July 31, 2009 9:45:00 AM EDT Subject: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a "rounding error" Source: AppleInsider Speaking to a group of market analysts this week, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer repeatedly mentioned Apple, including a suggestion that a growing rate of Mac adoption is statistically insignificant. Read more… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.38/2274 - Release Date: 07/31/09 05:58:00