Hungarian student throws eggs at Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
OK let's be honest. Who hasn't wanted to throw eggs at Steve Ballmer at some point. You know, you're up late at night trying to finish some report, and suddenly your computer crashes and you lose three hours worth of work (never mind the fact that this could have all been avoided if you hit the save button every now and again), and you turn to the sky and scream BALLMER!!!!
Well, maybe it's not as bad as all that. But when Ballmer spoke at the Hungarian University of Economy today, one student started throwing eggs at the Microsoft CEO. According to Valleywag, the act was meant to protest the millions of dollars Hungary's government spends to license Microsoft software at universities. While he's mostly yelling in Hungarian, you can make out a bit of English when he not-so-politely asks Ballmer to give the money back to the taxpayers.
The whole thing was caught on video. Note that Steve Ballmer was not harmed in the making of this video, but several eggs lost their shells.
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hazard said 8:38PM on 5-19-2008
I can't believe he missed with three eggs from that range.
Interesting that no security goons grabbed him and smashed him to the floor, just walks calmly out of the theatre. I bet if you did that in the US you wouldn't be walking yourself out the door ;)
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justin said 8:38PM on 5-19-2008
@hazard
bashing Microsoft and the US in one comment. do you have a quota to meet?
Philip said 8:39PM on 5-19-2008
no kidding...and besides that...if you did it to a high offeshial like the pres
you could be arested for assult on the presodent o.0
@ franklin..no kidding that that range he missid :/
it would of been evian more confuesing if he was in the front row :))
wasabi said 9:12PM on 5-19-2008
LOL!
lolab said 8:02AM on 5-20-2008
Yes cause you are a bunch of fucking cowards, shooting at innocent civilians in Iraq who can't fight back,why not you attack China or Russia you f-ing pussies ? the reason you have security and police everywhere is because you are a bunch of morons.
hazard said 8:06AM on 5-20-2008
@Justin ".. don't tase me bro .."
anyway, kudos to Ballmer for keeping his composure and good humour.
Franklin said 8:39PM on 5-19-2008
He should have thrown chairs instead.
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DiRT said 10:07PM on 5-19-2008
What a jackass. Hey retard! Blame your government! I doubt that Microsoft held guns to their heads, demanding that they choose Windows over Linux.
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hazard said 6:36AM on 5-20-2008
oops .. here's the link http://www.theage.com.au/ftimages/2008/05/20/1211182756479.html
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DiRT said 8:06AM on 5-20-2008
Oh, so it's an entire nation of jackasses!
greg said 8:03AM on 5-20-2008
wait...so, he's angry that the gov has to pay for something they use...am I missing something here? I mean it would be nice if MS allowed them to use their software for free, but it should really be at their discretion. I mean MS is a business that pays to produce their products.
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Fuser said 8:05AM on 5-20-2008
No (I am writing from Hungary).
It seems that Microsft payed a lot to the members of the hungarian government for a little service (Corruption).
This January a tender of software procurement was published with the term: "Microsoft (or equivalent) software"...
Which means that the tender was positively discriminating Microsoft and the open source software vendors couldn't even send their offer!!!!
Egg isn't a solution but it shows that hungarians are really angry of the fact that the whole government can be bought by someone like Steve Ballmer!
DiRT said 8:06AM on 5-20-2008
Maybe he should've eaten the eggs, then he wouldn't be so Hungary. BWAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!!!!
Quikboy said 8:03AM on 5-20-2008
I don't like Ballmer much either, but there's a far better way of getting the message across better. Throwing eggs won't change much.
I'm guessing the university must feel pretty embarrassed about the whole deal, and it's thanks to this kid if they don't get another well-known speaker for awhile.
Also, why not blame the government? MS didn't force Hungary to make a deal. Considering his friend has some Apple laptop with him, I call this a shenanigan.
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adam said 8:03AM on 5-20-2008
'"he's angry that the gov has to pay for something they use..."
Nope.
He's angry because gov has pay for something the students shouldn't have use...
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DiRT said 8:07AM on 5-20-2008
He's angry because his mother doesn't love him enough. C'mon, stop apologizing for this asshat. There's no excuse for this. If anything, it just makes Hungary look more like the armpit of the world.
snyggast said 8:03AM on 5-20-2008
He probably couldn't get his wi-fi to work on Linux and he takes it out on MS. LOL
I'm sure all the ladies want to sleep with him now. What a loser.
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hillaby said 8:05AM on 5-20-2008
The Hungarian Prime minister, Ferenc Gyurcsány also gets his eggs when he appears in public. We Hungarians throw a lot of them. And tomatoes, too. Sometimes stones, and that's only when the police intervenes.
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hazard said 6:34AM on 5-20-2008
guess that explains why nobody [except Ballmar] was particularly surprised by his actions and he was treated as a nuisance rather than a security risk.
i saw a picture taken from behind Ballmer as the guy was throwing the first egg and everyone in the audience had a big smile on thier face .. even the suits in the first row!
hongkongtechkid said 8:06AM on 5-20-2008
what a fantastic accent - just like arnold schwarnegger.
"give that money back noooow!"
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