“I’m going to Microsoft at the end of this month to say to
[chief executive officer] Steve Ballmer, ‘You talk about how you
create a business group process system, but I’ll tell you [that]
you don’t come close to giving us what we need,'” undersecretary of
the Navy Jerry MacArthur Hultin said….”
“Hultin oversees how the Navy’s 674,000 active duty and reserve
forces and 215,000 civilians spend the service?s $88 billion annual
budget. He said that he intends to tell Ballmer that ‘we are your
biggest customer and either change, or I’ll tell and encourage the
Navy and Marine Corps to look someplace else for services.”
“There are shareware products that have better groupware
features than those of Microsoft products, he said, drawing
applause from the audience.“