At MVP Summit, Ballmer talks tough
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Is "bidder's remorse" a common phrase? It should be. Addressing 1700 "MVPs," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this week offered up some sobering assessments of the company's various businesses. He admitted that the company was the number three player in the crucial Internet search market and described Windows Vista as "a work in progress." His comments about Vista were brutal and honest, but then that's typical Ballmer.
"It's a very important piece of work, and I think we did a lot of things right and I think we have a lot of things we need to learn from," he said of Vista. "Certainly, you never want to let five years go between releases." He also opened the door for extending the life of Windows XP past its announced June 2008 expiration date.