Comments on: Dumb tech CEO quotes http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 17:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1646335 B E Pratt Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1646335  Actually, it is SOOO fair to quote Ballmer because the man is a raving loon. Check him out on YouTube. He'd be funnier if he wasn't actually so damn scary.  Actually, it is SOOO fair to quote Ballmer because the man is a raving loon. Check him out on YouTube. He’d be funnier if he wasn’t actually so damn scary.

]]> By: cellocgw http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645911 cellocgw Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645911 The point is that Ballmer -- or his alter-ego in Bizarro World -- should know enough to STFU and stick to actual competing. Like, say, understanding why your products suck and how that might be fixed.  The point is that Ballmer — or his alter-ego in Bizarro World — should know enough to STFU and stick to actual competing. Like, say, understanding why your products suck and how that might be fixed. 

]]> By: cellocgw http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645907 cellocgw Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645907 Yeah, they were dumb.  Because you'd hope that people in charge of developing wicked awesome new tech would know better.   Reminds me of 1950's sci-fi stories in which interstellar warp-drive spaceships were run by engineers using slide rules to calculate their course. Yeah, they were dumb.  Because you’d hope that people in charge of developing wicked awesome new tech would know better.   Reminds me of 1950′s sci-fi stories in which interstellar warp-drive spaceships were run by engineers using slide rules to calculate their course.

]]> By: cellocgw http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645903 cellocgw Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645903 I'd rather have a Next computer than a Next button. I’d rather have a Next computer than a Next button.

]]> By: Dr. Chronobiologist http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645898 Dr. Chronobiologist Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645898 Whenever needing material to round out a list of stupid CEO quotes, Balmer is the goto. He just says so many dumb things in such an overblown manner. But I agree with the underlying idea of your statement. Whenever needing material to round out a list of stupid CEO quotes, Balmer is the goto. He just says so many dumb things in such an overblown manner.

But I agree with the underlying idea of your statement.

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645889 Petzl Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645889 It's somewhat unfair to quote balmer.  his job is to compete with apple.   when is pepsico ever going to say something approving of coca cola? It’s somewhat unfair to quote balmer.  his job is to compete with apple.   when is pepsico ever going to say something approving of coca cola?

]]> By: Dr. Chronobiologist http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645772 Dr. Chronobiologist Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645772 SUMMARY - shittastic slideshow containing approximately: - 12 quotes about Apple by CEOs talking smack - 5 by Google's Schmidt disregarding user privacy - a couple by Zuckerburg - a few decent ones like Gates claiming in 2004 that spam would be dead within a couple of years and Bob Metcalf (co-inventor of ethernet) promising in the mid-90s to eat his words if the internet weren't dead in a year (he later blended the speech into a drink and consumed it on stage). SUMMARY – shittastic slideshow containing approximately:
- 12 quotes about Apple by CEOs talking smack
- 5 by Google’s Schmidt disregarding user privacy
- a couple by Zuckerburg
- a few decent ones like Gates claiming in 2004 that spam would be dead within a couple of years and Bob Metcalf (co-inventor of ethernet) promising in the mid-90s to eat his words if the internet weren’t dead in a year (he later blended the speech into a drink and consumed it on stage).

]]> By: royaltrux http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645462 royaltrux Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645462 There's a next (arrow) button. And also several typos. There’s a next (arrow) button. And also several typos.

]]> By: septimar http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645446 septimar Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645446 "take forever to load"? They loaded immediately for me. You must have a really subpar connection. “take forever to load”? They loaded immediately for me. You must have a really subpar connection.

]]> By: captain_cthulhu http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645440 captain_cthulhu Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645440 amirite or amirite?!?! amirite or amirite?!?!

]]> By: Matthew Miller http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645404 Matthew Miller Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645404 I hate to back up Bill Gates, but I think it's pretty likely he never said that. The 640kb limit isn't due to a decision he made, but due to where IBM decided to put the memory used by hardware drivers. A couple of the other quotes aren't dumb at all. The Asus guy predicting that US-based PC makers will fail within 20 years? Who's left? Dell and HP? How's that goin' for Dell? I hate to back up Bill Gates, but I think it’s pretty likely he never said that. The 640kb limit isn’t due to a decision he made, but due to where IBM decided to put the memory used by hardware drivers.

A couple of the other quotes aren’t dumb at all. The Asus guy predicting that US-based PC makers will fail within 20 years? Who’s left? Dell and HP? How’s that goin’ for Dell?

]]> By: bkad http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645395 bkad Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645395 The quotes that required predicting the future are unfair. No one can predict the future, and unlike us politically/fiscally unimportant people, CEOs don't have the option of keeping their mouths shut -- they are expected to weigh in on the technical and business issues which impact their companies. The quotes that are petty malice and arrogance, though, there is no excusing. The quotes that required predicting the future are unfair. No one can predict the future, and unlike us politically/fiscally unimportant people, CEOs don’t have the option of keeping their mouths shut — they are expected to weigh in on the technical and business issues which impact their companies.

The quotes that are petty malice and arrogance, though, there is no excusing.

]]> By: Sigmund_Jung http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645386 Sigmund_Jung Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645386 Corporate heads make millions, but have to go on record saying the most absurd things because they fit the company's strategy. Just look at how LaPierre makes a fool of himself every time he has to defend NRA. Corporate heads make millions, but have to go on record saying the most absurd things because they fit the company’s strategy. Just look at how LaPierre makes a fool of himself every time he has to defend NRA.

]]> By: MissCellania http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645354 MissCellania Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645354 25 pages? When they could have done it like this? http://listverse.com/2007/10/28/top-30-failed-technology-predictions/ 25 pages? When they could have done it like this? http://listverse.com/2007/10/28/top-30-failed-technology-predictions/

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645345 Lobster Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645345 Most of these quotes aren't "dumb."  They just ended up being wrong.   Most of these quotes aren’t “dumb.”  They just ended up being wrong.  

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645346 Halloween_Jack Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645346 26. "Hey, guys, let's take this simple list and make it into a slideshow with pictures that take forever to load, because that's what the public wants, right?" 26. “Hey, guys, let’s take this simple list and make it into a slideshow with pictures that take forever to load, because that’s what the public wants, right?”

]]> By: Jeremy Wilson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645330 Jeremy Wilson Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645330 I couldn't read past 18 due to the lack of a "Next" button. I couldn’t read past 18 due to the lack of a “Next” button.

]]> By: rob_cornelius http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/dumb-tech-ceo-quotes.html#comment-1645318 rob_cornelius Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210526#comment-1645318 oh look another slideshow... bye oh look another slideshow… bye

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