EightBlack.

This story hit the wires Monday US time.

I actually don’t think anyone deserves this. While I am not the biggest fan of Ballmer, my opinion changed significantly of the man after I saw him speak at last year’s Web 2.0 Summit.

People who see this might argue that this sort of treatment comes with the territory of running the largest software company on the planet.

And anyone who has followed Ballmer long enough knows that he has a short fuse and throws the odd chair now and then. But no one would ever question his loyalty and commitment to USS Microsoft.

You can be sure that if this happened in the US, the assailant would have been charged with assault.

But in Europe (Budapest to be exact), the officials didn’t know what the hell to do with the guy. He sort of just leaves on his own accord (the fact that he ran out of eggs probably had something to do with it).

Ballmer recovered somewhat. To his credit.

But you can be sure that when he next speaks, there might be 2 guys with no necks and large bulges in their jackets, wearing designer sunglasses. As there should be.

I would have beaten the crap out of the guy. But that’s just me. The fact that I’ve won every fight I’ve ever been in by 500 yards helps no end.

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