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2007 – Linux developer Mandriva sent and open letter to Steve Ballmer. Mandriva was working with the Nigerian government to get Linux into their systems. Ballmer stepped in and got the contract. Because of this, CEO Francois Bancilhon sent a letter questioning his ethics.

Other Day in Tech History items:

• Novell Open SUSE Community elected board
• DEC sues AltaVista
• The IBM PCjr is released

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We announce the 3rd step in the Summer of Geekazine contest

June 27th – William Gates officially hands the keys over to Steve Ballmer and goes on his retirement. Well, sort of.

Bill announced that he will be stepping down as CEO of Microsoft and letting Steve Ballmer take the reins. He will have interaction with Microsoft. After all, it is his company.

Lots of other cool historical events from Atari, Commodore, Microsoft, Apple and IBM within the podcast

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Bloomberg quotes Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft’s efforts to become a player in internet searches. Read the full story here:

“Google does have to be all things to all people,” Ballmer said yesterday in an interview in New York. “Our search does not need to be all things to all people.”

Google may be tentative about changing the look of its search pages, causing the company to take fewer risks, said Ballmer, 52. The challenge is similar to what Microsoft faces with its Windows operating system, which needs to appeal to a broad range of customers, he said.

I find Mr. Ballmer’s position interesting for a number of reasons.

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Last chance at ribs on Bill Gates. Anyone? Bueller? Frye?

Well, here’s the conversation we had with Bill.

This week we sit down with Steve Ballmer and Jerry Yang to try and resolve this merger issue. Dr. Eric Schmidt also joins the group. Select the picture to enlarge.

Today Microsoft laid an “Unsolicited” offer of 44.6 billion to acquire Yahoo. According to Steve Ballmer, they can offer Microsoft customers better solutions with the acquisition while also becoming “better positioned” in the online services market. But are we ready for a big takeover like that?

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