Microsoft's Steve Ballmer comes across like a car salesman in cross-company communications, while Apple's Steve Jobs presents a focussed, humble poise, even if he may not be a particularly humble person. There are some similarities between Ballmer and Jobs. For one, they both sign their memos, simply, "Steve". For another, they're both non-engineers leading engineering companies. Engineers, in general, crave facts and detest bullshit. My sense is that by ... Read full entry
The letters of Steve Jobs and Steve Ballmer compared
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 13 August, 2008 to the comment subset
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