Ballmer dismisses Google Android
November 6, 2008
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer dismissed the Android mobile operating system, saying he believed that building it was not easy and was not financially unsound for Google. "They can hire smart guys, hire a lot of people, blah dee blah dee blah, but you know they start out way behind, in a certain sense," he said. — I think Balmer just does not get it, in more ways than one. Google wants to enrich the user experience, help users find things, buy things, etc. Google makes money that way and driving change in mobile devices will definitely help them, because there are more mobile devices in the world than desktop computers.