09 December 2005

Stand in line Ballmer

"The Ballmer children do not have their Xbox 360 yet. I'm in the same boat as many of you," said Microsoft Corp.'s Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. "Thanks to the wonders of Sarbanes-Oxley, management does not get a free Xbox 360," he quipped at a meeting of technology industry executives.



Under financial disclosure rules, Microsoft would have to classify a free game console as income for Ballmer.



And who said there's no justice in the world? :)
Guy Malachi
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Product-focused serial entrepreneur passionate about productivity, meaningful work, user experience, and building products that help people thrive.

Building HubThrive. Former CEO of Skylow/GuestsAI, Chief Product Officer at Showbox, CEO and cofounder of TalkSparks, iglloo and InterMatch, and Chief Geek at Conduit.