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Shareholder to Ballmer: Apple ads making MS look buffonish

Nov 20, 2009 12:42AM PST

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(NT) Oy...meant to say "buffoonish"
Nov 20, 2009 1:25AM PST
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I like Ballmer's answer....
Nov 20, 2009 6:26AM PST

....sounded like a reasonable answer to me. I disagree with the shareholder, but I think Steve handled the question as well as can be expected. Most shareholder meetings are just complain-fests.

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No
Nov 20, 2009 10:06AM PST

It's Ballmer that makes Microsoft look buffonish. Wink