Steve Ballmer MAD at software pirates !!! - The normally shy and retiring, softly-spoken CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer is blaming software pirates for Vista’s poor sales.
Ballmer admitted to financial analysts that the predictions for Vista had proven ‘overly optimistic’ and he blamed the pirates in China, India, Brazil, Russia and other emerging world markets.
He said his final solution would be to increase the intensity Windows Genuine Advantage as part of an effort to squeeze more revenue from developing nations.
Ballmer believes that one way Microsoft can bump up Windows sales is to tighten the screws on pirates. “Piracy reduction can be a source of Windows revenue growth, and I think we’ll make some piracy improvements this year.