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Re:Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet by lonelappde on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @06:49PM (#21698197)
Ballmer tried to save Microsoft by killing the Internet, creating the opening for Google to become the industry leader
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Re:Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet by m0zg on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @07:12PM (#21698332)
I think you're confusing him with Gates. Although Ballmer did refuse to buy Google when he could. Would have been a drop in the bucket. I forgot, BTW, he also spun up the ad and search businesses: the only reason there's any alternative to Google at all.
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Re:Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet by ddalex on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @05:52AM (#21701167)
Arguably, if he would've bought Google, we wouldn't have the internet as we have it today: people would've payed for search, as for the OS and Office suite: $10 per 1000 queries per month.

Hmmm, maybe that've been for the better.

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Re:Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet by m0zg on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @08:10PM (#21709030)
There'd be a heck of a lot fewer ads for sure.
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