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Anti-Vista Mom Corners Hapless Microsoft CEO

Ballmer counters emotional frustration with techie excuses

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 11, 2007 5:46 PM CDT

(Newser) – Though he may rule the boardroom, all it took to unravel Microsoft’s chief executive was a mom on a rampage about his new Vista operating system. An analyst questioning Steve Ballmer at a conference said she’d become an early Vista adopter at her... Read full story »

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