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It's worth noting that the press release that was done on behalf of Ballmer when he did his stock sale is standard industry boilerplate. The verbiage (including
by jeffreymcmanus 16y ago
It's worth noting that the press release that was done on behalf of Ballmer when he did his stock sale is standard industry boilerplate. The verbiage (including the "diversifing his portfolio" phrase and the "I'm excited about our products" bit) is literally identical to the language used following most other insider stock sales. (Which is to say, it's meaningless as a barometer of whether he plans to stay at the company or not, or whether he's going to sell more shares or not.)
- d0mine 16y ago"excited" is a marker for a CEO lie according to the recent article on HN. http://searchyc.com/submissions/ceo+lie http://searchyc.com/submissions/ceo+lie
- jeffreymcmanus 16y agoRight. More impressive for a CEO to say that the company's customers are excited about their products, and to give examples of who those customers are.