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By Hook or by Crook

By Hook or by Crook

Posted Apr 25, 2003 17:55 UTC (Fri) by ncm (subscriber, #165)
Parent article: Ballmer: No sleep lost over Linux (News.com)

Ballmer's comment that, "By hook or by crook, so to speak, there will be 5-plus million servers, roughly, sold in the next 12 months," was very revealing. A Freudian slip?

"By hook" implies force. "By crook" implies deception. This really is how MS has always operated, but it's interesting that (1) its CEO feels free to express it so casually, and (2) that the interviewer lets it slide by.


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