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arstechnica.com - 10/2/2008

Ballmer recommends separating iPhone hardware and software

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In a recent interview, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer offered Apple some friendly advice: be more like Microsoft. He said that Apple needs to stop tying its hardware and software together so closely and just distribute the iPhone's OS to a wide variety of manufacturers. Read More...

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thestandard.com - 9/26/2008

Ballmer still searching for an answer to Google

— thestandard.com — Microsoft may be the only company in a position to provide "any real competition" for Google in... the online search business, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. But first it will need to figure out a way to do it. "We need to do some ... (more) Ballmer still searching for an answer to Google

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news.cnet.com - 9/30/2008

Ballmer on mobile: Apple will lose and we'll win because 'we're separatists' | The Open Road - ...

— news.cnet.com — If you've yet to watch Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's recent Churchill Club comments on everything from server... virtualization to search to the mobile market, you're in for a treat. Ballmer is at his best, ripping on everything and everyone...except ... (more) Ballmer on mobile: Apple will lose and we'll win because ...

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alleyinsider.com - 10/2/2008

Ballmer Talks Up "Windows Cloud." Don't Believe It. (MSFT)

— alleyinsider.com — Yesterday Microsoft (MSFT) announced Windows Servers support for Amazon's (AMZN) EC2 . Hours later CEO Steve Ballmer... said Redmond will introduce a brand spanking new OS they're calling, for the time being, "Windows Cloud." Money quote: "The last thing we want is for somebody else to obsolete ... (more) Ballmer Talks Up "Windows Cloud." Don't Believe It. (MSFT)

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• Douglass C. Perry

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  I respect Steve Ballmer, but it's fascinating that Microsoft, which is trying to be more like Apple, is recommending that Apple be more like MS. Hahaha. Nice one, Steve! Way to be like Sarah Palin!

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Ballmer channels 1985, suggests Apple split iPhone hardware and OS
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Steve Ballmer is imitating his CEO predecessor by suggesting that Apple separate its iPhone hardware from OS X, according to Ars Technica. ...

Microsoft CEO Ballmer advises Apple to separate iPhone hardware and software
MacDailyNews — ... chance in the smartphone market," Justin Berka reports for Ars Technica. "He's expecting Apple to do poorly in both the smartphone and notebook markets over the next five years, mostly because the company continues to stand by its rather un-Microsoft-like integration of both proprietary software and proprietary hardware. Ballmer seems to think that the future of the smartphone lies in providing a phone OS to a wide variety of hardware manufacturer," Berka reports. Full article here . Video of Ballmer's statements via ZDNet ...

Microsoft CEO advises Apple to go with OS development
Phones Review — ... friendly advice. Apparently the advice offered to Apple by Ballmer was that if Apple were to make Apple more like Microsoft, and this would apparently give Apple a fighting chance in the smartphone arena. Basically the Microsoft CEO feel that the future of the smartphone lays with providing a mobile phones operating system to a wide variety of hardware manufactures, and currently only Windows Mobile, Linux and Symbian are positioned to meet this need. Source – arstechnica ...