Steve Ballmer finally gets to join his buddy Bill Gates in the "food target club" after a visit to the Hungarian University of Economy. A guy (grad student? just some dude?) stood up, yelled "Give back the money of the taxpayers" in an accent Ballmer probably couldn't understand, and started throwing eggs at him.Gizmodos tipster Joco explains:
Microsoft has midterm contracts with the state in Hungary for "way cheaper than from the store" Campus-licences. This costs billions (in HUF, 160HUF=1USD) for the state and makes students stuck in the Microsoft-world, not knowing Linux etc.
It's not quite as violent as the Bill Gates encounter, but it still doesn't feel good. You know, when someone eggs you. Ballmer is not a house.
Video: >> Click here <<
View: Gizmodo Article
http://gizmodo.com/391794/flying-rc-penis-...kasparov-speech
Shame he had no hand eye coordination, couldn't hit him from a few feet away.
No, but he's about as large as one.
"and makes students stuck in the Microsoft-world, not knowing Linux etc."
No one is "STUCK" anywhere unless they choose to be. Open source and free OSes and programs do not care where you are. But you do have to take the initiative and install them.
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Freshmen students arrive at their university and have available lab computers with Windows, professors lecturing and courses given on Windows-only programs and they work on Windows-based apps.
Microsoft has influence on the right persons, and the goverment will bend and take it.
It doesn't matter if you install *nix, when you have to use, study and develop in a Windows environment.
Freshmen students arrive at their university and have available lab computers with Windows, professors lecturing and courses given on Windows-only programs and they work on Windows-based apps.
Microsoft has influence on the right persons, and the goverment will bend and take it.
It doesn't matter if you install *nix, when you have to use, study and develop in a Windows environment.
Study elsewhere then. My uni has courses that teach development in Windows but I'd actually say most of the courses are oriented to Unix programming, at least the C and network courses.
You do understand this happens in every public university in Hungary?
It's a goverment deal, not an university deal.
Freshmen students arrive at their university and have available lab computers with Windows, professors lecturing and courses given on Windows-only programs and they work on Windows-based apps.
Microsoft has influence on the right persons, and the goverment will bend and take it.
It doesn't matter if you install *nix, when you have to use, study and develop in a Windows environment.
Any student blinded by the university's use of Windows is very unlikely to be a candidate to be a Linux user, anyway. This only matters to the Linux-lovers.
I'd say it matters to any taxpayer since it's their money that's being used to promote one company's products.
It's a goverment deal, not an university deal.
Then egg your politicians.
You do understand this happens in every public university in Hungary?
It's a goverment deal, not an university deal.
And as above, go after the politicians if they must go after anyone. Alternatively show some initiative and learn other systems yourself. No degree out there can fully teach you everything you will need later on, you just have to take the fundamentals and apply them elsewhere when you come up against new languages and platforms.
But since it's public universities we're talking about, they shouldn't have to.
Same here. I was surprised he just made a joke about it and kept on going.
See what I've done there? You said Eggs-ellent, and I took that...... Oh, I kill me.
Yes, specially the #7 post.
Apparently this guy isn't doing so well in his studies. He seems to be void of any concept of economics (or human decency).
But I suppose when you are as successful as Gates or Ballmer, people will become jealous and do incredibly senseless and immature stunts because...well, that's about all they will manage to accomplish in their lives.
****ty microsoft software is enough to drive anyone mad
****ty microsoft software is enough to drive anyone mad
Yes, because people don't have free alternatives in this world. Hmmm... that gives me an idea. I'm going to develop something called "Linux" and "Openoffice.org" and let people download it for free! *hears someone whispering in his ear* Oh... I see... I'm too late because people already have that choice!
I mean, the idiot gave Balmer enough warning. Why didn't he just paste a giant sign on his face that read: "I'm going to egg you, Steve."
Anyways, here is a video of Bill Gates getting pied, incase no one knew what the article was talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ4Na_KeX6g
That flying penis video is slow on the site listed. Here is a youtube one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taVU4xlx0uY
Last edited by ncc50446 on 20 May 2008 - 18:46
Last edited by Duality on 21 May 2008 - 12:32
I can't imagine my self throwing eggs at Steve Jobs just because i don't like that i have to pay high prices for all ipod-related gadgets, specially for features the ipod should have right from the factory.
In an age when food prices are getting to the roof, no one should waste food like that.
It is an offense to the people that suffer hunger everyday.
I think I'd be upset if my government were doing something similar. Whether the anger should be focused at Microsoft or your governemnt officials is debatable, though.
Yeah, probably because he uses one, too: http://gizmodo.com/384479/steve-ballmers-p...-strange-choice
Last edited by Shiranui on 21 May 2008 - 04:10
Honestly, freaking attention seeker. If it really bothered him that much,
a) he would've yelled at the top of his lungs, not speak with a stiff voice
b) there would be more than just three silly eggs. It looked like he was using Ballmer as target practice.
c) he might as well get physical with Ballmer. Whether he'd get his ass outright kicked by Ballmer is up for people to decide.
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