[Bush2000]

Monkey Boy has got to be as irrational as Darl if he thinks that kind of talk is going to give people warm fuzzies about Microsoft.

As if anything would matter to people that the ChiComs: They pirate 90% of American-made software, music, movies, etc... /SARCASM

[TechJunkYard]

As if anything would matter to people that the ChiComs: They pirate 90% of American-made software, music, movies, etc... /SARCASM

Look, Ballmer isn't just speaking to the Asians here; this story has been picked up world-wide. Remember how you guys squealed about Linus Torvalds' "hit man" comment in the LKML; Ballmer is using a public forum to threaten governments, and IMO that's not too smart.