Did Steve Ballmer really blow a gasket when an underling told him he was joining Google? Microsoft says it's bunk, but I kind of hope it's true.
The story was revealed in sworn testimony from Mark Lucovsky, a former senior engineer at Microsoft. After informing Ballmer that he was leaving for Google, Lucovsky claims, Microsoft's CEO went into a rage, tossing chairs and vowing to "kill" Google.
After watching the big galoot do his monkeyboy dance, one suspects that it's entirely possible that Ballmer temporarily went mental. You so rarely find technology executives of any stature revealing themselves as human beings. Ballmer's different. Microsoft's CEO wears his heart on his considerable sleeve and is not shy about demonstrating his passion--even if that means occasionally losing it
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