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Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO

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371 points greggyb | 4 comments | 28 Oct 24 21:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
1. bawolff ◴[28 Oct 24 22:25 UTC] No.41977130[source]▶
> One part of the plan to kill Google was to redirect users who typed google.com into their address bar to MSN search.

Crazy they were ever considering this.

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2. gitaarik ◴[29 Oct 24 09:38 UTC] No.41981485[source]▶
It's Microsoft
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3. everfrustrated ◴[29 Oct 24 11:07 UTC] No.41982596[source]▶
Folks have forgotten how truly aggressive Microsoft was pre-antitrust days.
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4. gitaarik ◴[29 Oct 24 12:42 UTC] No.41983275{3}[source]▶
I guess I'm getting old :P