From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> "mike"  wrote in message
> news:dbsum2peo2rf593lm0k5bqmikr789908vp{at}4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:17:16 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> In an interview with
>>> Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer a few weeks ago, I asked if he had added up
>>> how
>>> much money it cost to develop Vista. He laughed, ``I can't say
I have. It
>>> would be impossible to count up....I'm sure it's a lot.''
>>
>> Wow, in addition to not knowing how to write software, Ballmer just
>> admitted that their cost accounting sucks as well.
>>
>> /m
>
> That comment from Ballmer stuck me as odd. Ballmer undoubtedly knows the
> cost and unless one feels embarrassed by a product whose development costs
> went skyrocketing out of control why not use it as a marketing pitch?
>
>
>

We coulda ended 3'rd World debt or invented a cure for the top 5 killer
diseases....instead the let me introduce Windows Vistaaaaaa!!!!!

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Adam

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