In the meantime, the company makes money hand-over-fist, manages that cash well, has an enormous eco-system of resellers that helps it do its bidding and that keeps it in the game. While it does often treat its customers with contempt building buggy software and releasing it onto them, its war mentality has more-or-less driven down the cost of software -- and hardware too. We're seeing that right now with VMware.
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he is a big cry baby...
Project red dog?? what???
5 year plan?? in 5 years, Google will own 100% of search!!!
The only effords he is making, is either peying users to use his search engine (cash back program) or crying all over the place to try and stop the Google-Yahoo! deal!
Give it up Steve!!!
http://the-anti-google-baloney.blogspot.com/2008/09/m-steve-turns-cry-baby.html
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