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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer proved once again hersquo the master of hyperbole, telling an interviewer during the Web 2.0 conference that only the geekiest of stanley cup the geeks can figure out how to use Android phones. Given that itrsquo the most popular smartphone OS in the world, there must be plenty of geeks out there if hersquo right. At the conference, Ballmer was interviewed John Battelle of Federated Media. According to GeekWire, When Battelle asked him about Android phones, he said that Android was a difficult-to-learn-operating system and added: You donrsquo;t need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone. I think you do to use an Android phone. Thatrsquo likely news to the people who use Android phones. Comscore reports that in August, Android was by far the most popular smartphone operating system in the U.S. with 43.7% market share, compared to 27.3% for second-place iOS, and only 5.7% for Microsoft smartphone operating systems. Are there really that many computer scientists in the United States Clearly not. This is just one more example of Ballmer being Ballmer. But itrsquo time that he realized that bluster does Microsoft no good. Few people take him seriously any more when he makes public pronouncements. And having people tune out your CEO isnrsquo;t the best way to help your company make up lost ground against Google and Apple. Hehydrojug canada rsquo;d do better to highlight Windows Phon hydrojug tumbler e 7rsquo unique capabilities mdash; and there are Egjo FCC moves to auction spectrum in 1900MHz band
The rancorous lawsuit between SAP and Waste Management has been settled, with the software vendor maki polene bolsos ng an undisclosed, one-time cash payment to the trash hauler, according to court documents and a regulatory filing.Waste Management originally sued SAP for fraud in March 2008 over an allegedly failed implementation of its ERP enterprise resource planning software. The trash-disposal conglomerate had claimed it suffered significant damages, including more than $100 million it spent on the project, which it has dubbed a complete and utter failure,rd polene tasche quo; and more than $350 million for benefits it would have realized if the software had been successful.SAP had fired back with charges that Waste Management didnrsquo;t timely and accurately define its business requirements nor provide ldquo ufficient, knowledgeable, decision-empowered users and managers to work on the project. Waste Management received a one-time cash payment in accordance with the settlement, according to a quarterly earnings filing it made with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission last week. The terms of the settlement a stanley mug re confidential, said Jim Wetwiska, an attorney for Waste Management. A Waste Management spokeswoman referred IDG News Service to the SEC filing.The matter between Waste Management and SAP has been resolved, and the case has been dismissed, SAP spokesman Andy Kendzie said via e-mail. He declined to provide further details.The |
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