Ballmer sinks Microsoft shares..

Steve Ballmer recently said Wall Street's current expectations for revenue from Vsta may be too "optimistic". Everyone around got that sinking feeling: Microsoft shares dropped by more than 2% shortly after.

"I'm really excited about how enthusiastic people are about Vista but I think some of the revenue forecasts for Vista in 2008 are overly aggressive," Ballmer continued in the meeting for financial analysts.


We're not sure of the financial aspects of all this, but we get the general idea that Ballmer shouldn't (needn't) have said what he did.


People also asked Ballmer about the Jobs vs. Gates TV ads. "I'll give Apple credit for what it's done," Ballmer said. It's not like they've really grown a lot of market share (through the commercials).

"Remember when you're a little tiny niche guy who owns about 2% of the worldwide market, you can be cute one time and it helps you to grow."


Now that sounds more like the Ballmer we know. "little tiny nice guy"???