Ballmer "Kicks Ass" in Time 100, beats Jobs in reader poll
There are two technological Steves in Time's 100. Apple alum Guy Kawasaki praises Jobs for the mindshare, but when it comes to the money, there's no competition.
"If you want 95% of the wallets of every market that you're in, then you want this Steve. If you want 95% of the mind share of every market that you're in, then you need the other Steve (Jobs).”
Sage words. Moreover, Ballmer's thrashing Jobs in the reader's poll, too:
Of course, the winner of that poll is a video game designer, and the runner up a pop star few outside of South Korea have even heard of, but hey, Internet!
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What the hell is this post about? Is it a ceo popularity contest? Who gives a rats ass?
You did, obviously.
Yeah, I loved it man. Insightful, that.
That drawing of Ballmer is the creepiest thing I've seen in a long time.
In other news: 20+ years after he started inflicting himself on the computer-using public, Guy Kawasaki is still 100% irrelevant.
Ballmer looks like the kind of guy who would spray a 20 meter fan of blood if his throat was cut.
Mr. Culberson,
Thank you. I drew it subconsciously while calling Microsoft tech support, and when my mental faculties returned upon termination of the call, it was all I could do to recoil from the notepad.
Heh. Rain isn't just known in Korea, she's also quite well known in Japan. But then again, i'm guessing it's Korean votes which got her up there.
Guessing the Dalai Lama was last on that list because of Chinese propoganda.
if it's a contest to see who's completely wackier, ballmer wins hands-down. dance, monkeyboy!
Look at the ratio of votes for "iSteve" compared to his rating? If I was a mathemetician I would try and normalize the curve to predict what Ballmer's rating would be at with 5x the number of votes (what Jobs has). If it's true, maybe it's just the "brand positioning" of names? Is Ballmer a more likeable name than "Jobs"? Do people even know how to pronounce "Jobs"? If he just went by "Jobs" (like the "highlarious" GOB from Arrested) would he rate better? Anyway, clearly the data is skewed when Conan the Barbarian is tied with the Material Girl. I mean, c'mon...it's Conan!
As an edit to my earlier post, I mistook which person "Rain" was in this case. He's insanely famous, not just in Korea though.
Eschew both 'Steves'.
I voted for Ataturk.