Re: log9807 [Xy-IRRELEVANT]

[Peter Evans peterev@xxxxxxxx]

>But who knows what Gates will pull this time, as he competes
>with Alan Greenspan for the title of Master of the Universe.

Gates, or Ballmer? (We mustn't get our demons mixed up.) Ballmer sounds a
sweetie:

>It was vintage Steve Ballmer. Microsoft Corp.'s
>self-appointed cheerleader bounded onstage at the
>company's annual sales meeting in New Orleans on
>July 27 and shouted at the top of his lungs: ''I
>love this company! I love this company! I love this
>company!'' The 6,000-person sales team responded
>with a five-minute standing ovation. Then Ballmer
>whizzed through a 90-minute pep talk on the
>virtues of customer obsession, bringing the
>audience to its feet once more when he finished by
>playing a recording he listens to before every
>major milestone in his life: Dionne Warwick's I
>Say a Little Prayer.

That's not from slashdot but from
http://www.businessweek.com/1998/37/b3595122.htm

Perhaps eight years from now he can substitute "nation" for "company" and
be elected your Prez.

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Peter Evans