Ballmer, Bemused – Forbes.com
An interview with Steve Ballmer – a lot of “Microsoft is cool” gibberish, but one nice quote stands out for me:
Forbes.com: Right now, I can go out and get a free alternative to just about every product Microsoft sells. Why do people keep paying you for something they could get free?
Ballmer: One, people value their time. Our stuff does more, and they like that.
Archive for March 2006
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I attended Grand Prix Manila last March 17, 2006, and the event was jam-packed with people. Can you find me in the picture? (Click to view full-size) I attended Grand Prix Manila last March 17, 2006, and the event was jam-packed with people. Can you find me in the picture? 26 Mar 2006 12:42amView postClose Maybe it's just me, but Wizard's coverage of Grand Prix Manila last weekend seems just a tad condescending to Filipino Magic players.
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Books I’ve finished reading in the past few months: Rapid Development by Steve McConnell – I was browsing through my company’s small library of development books and found this little gem among the usual language-specific tomes. A bit old, but I know from Code Complete that Steve McConnell really hits in the mark with regard to software best practices. This book is aimed mainly at technical leads — coincidentally, that was my role at the time.
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I think I’m starting to get the hang of this :p This whole thing with Kubuntu, where I have to use Adept to install stuff is really weirding out my Windows-geek tendencies. For today, all I wanted was to get some mp3s playing on Kubuntu. Unfortunately, the default included players (Kaffeine and Amarok) were giving me trouble, claiming they could not play mp3s! I asked around for some help, and read some FAQs, but I kept getting errors trying to download and install gstreamer-mad 0.
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Full description Edit 2018: The old link was broken because the site in question changed their format. Here’s a fixed link.
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World Public Opinion Check out the link, apparently the Philippines is the United States’ #1 fan.
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