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Steve Ballmer Unplugged: The Puppet Edition

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BoomTown is spending the day at Microsoft (MSFT) HQ in Redmond, Wash., interviewing a passel of execs about the Yahoo online advertising and search partnership (videos to come soon!).

But, while here, I have not been able to resist trotting out this very funny puppet video by 1938 Media of sweat-stained Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gone wild, screaming about how he smoked Yahoo (YHOO) in the deal, to every Softie I see.

Because I am that sensitive.

Enjoy:


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  • http://www.binfire.com David Robins

    Funny video! Thanks for sharing…

  • http://allthingsd.com/ Alan Sanders

    Why do I have this nagging feeling that Carol Bartz is as clueless as Steve Balmer? Maybe it’s a match made in heaven after all (blind leading the blind)!

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