Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer vowed to "kill" Google in an expletitive-laced, chair-throwing tirade when a senior engineer told him he was leaving the company to go work for Google, the engineer claimed in court documents made public on Friday.

In a sworn statement made public Friday, Mark Lucovsky, another Microsoft senior engineer who left for Google in November 2004, recounted Ballmer's angry reaction when Lucovsky told Ballmer he was going to work for the search engine company.

"At some point in the conversation, Mr. Ballmer said: 'Just tell me it's not Google,'"Lucovosky said in his statement. Lucovosky replied that he was joining Google.

"At that point, Mr. Ballmer picked up a chair and threw it across the room hitting a table in his office," Lucovosky recounted, adding that Ballmer then launched into a tirade about Google CEO Eric Schmidt. "I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill Google." Schmidt previously worked for Sun Microsystems and was the CEO of Novell.

I don't know Raven. This doesn't bother me. Actually I think it is cool that the guy is that passionate about his business.

I don't know Raven. This doesn't bother me. Actually I think it is cool that the guy is that passionate about his business.

Have to agree. I would love to see someone show that kind of emotion in my office.

Wouldve been funnier if he picked up Gates and threw him at the guy instead...
Why was this in court? was he sueing the guy or something?

steve was just furious that another microsoft employee
was jumping over to the google ship.:bsod:

emotion at work?

....

whats that?

google is the evil empire of the business world.......right after microsoft ;P

if that were true...and the USA is considered an Empire as well
then it is inherently evil also by your definition.

is it not?!?!?! :rotf3: