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You have to be a computer scientist to use Android - Ballmer

22 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/you-have-to-be-a-computer-scientist-to-use-android-ballmer.147769/

socrates
socrates Original post #1
Oct 19, 2011 at 12:33 PM
Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich platform was just shown off and phones running it should arrive very soon. Microsoft's Steve Ballmer in an interview by Business Insider, spoke about the iPhone and Android and how the iPhone was Microsoft's main competition. He called them a different kind of competitor.
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You have to be a computer scientist to use Android - Ballmer

Some people love reconfirming their idiocy :D
KDroid
KDroid #2
Oct 19, 2011 at 12:36 PM
lol @ Ballmer! :lol:
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noob #3
Oct 19, 2011 at 2:05 PM
that's what he can do when he cant sell WP :)
sameer.pur
sameer.pur #4
Oct 19, 2011 at 2:29 PM
lol... seriously... :D
skeletor
skeletor #5
Oct 19, 2011 at 3:08 PM
You have to be an idiot for being Steve Ballmer.
MetalheadGautham
MetalheadGautham #6
Oct 19, 2011 at 3:10 PM
All the computer scientists in the world are welcome to sue Steve Ballmer for insulting them ;)
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abhijangda #7
Oct 19, 2011 at 8:31 PM
Thats the Microsoft's Way :D
socrates
socrates #8
Oct 19, 2011 at 8:43 PM
To start the hype ball rolling, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer, while giving a talk at a Web 2.0 Summit, went on sharing his anticipation about the forthcoming Nokia Windows Phone 7 phones. He went on saying that Nokia "will have a chance at their Nokia World show next week to show a bunch of new devices running Windows Phone", adding later on, "It should be pretty good".
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Expect a bunch of new Nokia WP7 phones, Ballmer says, new chassis - GSMArena.com news

The foot in mouth epidemic spreads :D
Faun
Faun #9
Oct 19, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Am I not a computer scientist ?
dreatica
dreatica #10
Oct 19, 2011 at 10:37 PM
Someone please stop the barking dog :p
doomgiver
doomgiver #11
Oct 20, 2011 at 12:16 AM
yes, im proud to say that i am a computer scientist, and i (wish to) use an android.

screw them iNoob hippies and crashy windoze phones. a hacker needs hackable gear.
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kundalus #12
Oct 20, 2011 at 9:24 AM
Haha!!!!! That's Microsoft, one company who was leader few years back in smartphobe mobile os for years. They did nothing then....the new entrants threw them to a market share of single digit.

No doubt this noob has made all things by copying some people, and when they open their mouth... this is what comes out.....
lywyre
lywyre #13
Oct 20, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Wow. Then by his definition, (almost) all of us are computer scientists :D.
Vyom
Vyom #14
Oct 20, 2011 at 12:34 PM
I am guessing someone had a hard time using an Android phone! :-D
coderunknown
coderunknown #15
Oct 20, 2011 at 1:57 PM
time for him to step down while he can.
Skud
Skud #16
Oct 20, 2011 at 2:14 PM
Well, I am eying to become a "computer scientist" soon. ;)
Liverpool_fan
Liverpool_fan #17
Oct 20, 2011 at 4:19 PM
I never knew I am a computer scientist. Thank you Balls.

Did Ballmer just make an inadvertent remark about the intelligence of WP7 users?
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:D
Skud
Skud #18
Oct 20, 2011 at 4:56 PM
Is Samsung Galaxy S LCD I9003 a good option at 17-18k, to become a "computer scientist"?
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xvetox123 #20
Oct 20, 2011 at 9:43 PM
you are insulting the idiots
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This^^

I would rather not be called a Computer Scientist by This Steve Ballmer.
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niceboy #21
Oct 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Why these type of statements only come from MS CEO's? (Remember bill's 640k ram remark!)
thetechfreak
thetechfreak #22
Oct 22, 2011 at 8:25 PM
You have to be Steve Balmer to use Windows Phone 7 :oops:

Wuhu! That also means I am a Computer Scientist? Yahoo!