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Title    Ballmer to Team: No More Racism, Sexism, iPads
Date    Tuesday September 30 2014, @03:13PM
Author    LaminatorX
Topic   
from the Which-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other? dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/09/30/1053243

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Steve Ballmer is bringing his same manic intensity to his new role as owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, which he once delivered as CEO of Microsoft. He's leading the team by example, leaving no stone unturned as he focuses on dominating the enemy.

That enemy is Apple.

Ballmer also told reporters he plans to revamp the 'fan experience', but seems to be keeping the details of his plans under wraps; for example, there was no mention of upgrading the Jumbotron in Staples Center to run Windows.

Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 as employee number 30, and was CEO from 2000 until February 2014, when he resigned under pressure from the board. He bought the Clippers for $2 billion in May, in a sale orchestrated by the wife of disgraced owner Donald Sterling. Ballmer resigned from the Microsoft board shortly thereafter, but is still the company's largest individual shareholder.

Links

  1. "delivered as CEO of Microsoft" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE
  2. "enemy is Apple" - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/25/us-nba-clippers-ballmer-idUSKCN0HK05P20140925
  3. "revamp the 'fan experience'" - http://www.losangelesregister.com/articles/ballmer-605279-clippers-things.html
  4. "bought the Clippers for $2 billion" - http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/shelly-sterling-steve-ballmer-pay-2b-clippers-article-1.1921349
  5. "resigned from the Microsoft board" - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-19/ballmer-steps-down-from-microsoft-s-board-after-buying-clippers.html

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