Steve Ballmer: I’m going to f**king kill Google!
September 3, 2005Here’s testimony from a former Microsoft employee who joined Google:
Prior to joining Google, I set up a meeting on or about November 11, 2004 with Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer to discuss my planned departure….At some point in the conversation Mr. Ballmer said: “Just tell me it’s not Google.” I told him it was Google.
At that point, Mr. Ballmer picked up a chair and threw it across the room hitting a table in his office. Mr. Ballmer then said: “Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I’m going to fucking bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to fucking kill Google.” ….
Thereafter, Mr. Ballmer resumed trying to persuade me to stay….Among other things, Mr. Ballmer told me that “Google’s not a real company. It’s a house of cards.”
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Previous Comments
talk about insecurity! competition should motivate a company to be its best, not motivate it to annihilate… it's funny, though, how one acts like a kid when in the face of defeat.
Posted by mary at October 9, 2005, 3:20 pm
I see the Micro$oft founders are as mature as ever in their attitude towards competition.
Posted by Mike at September 19, 2005, 2:42 am