@Ballmer: buy your "12-year-old" a mac + ipod ;-) ...
Anonymous

I feel offended by this person who tried to steal ...
Paulo Jorge Góis

"We’ve had DRM in Windows for years" and have cons...
Anonymous

Too funny. Are they that afraid of Apple's suprema...
Anonymous

Music piracy was propogated in large part by "Crap...
Suck It Ballmer

Well, Microsoft are thieves and have been for a fe...
Anonymous

...and the OS that runs most of the world's file s...
Anonymous

I'm an iPod user. Just got one last week. So far,...
Gabe DeCastello

Such a shame when Ballmer has to resort to such sl...
Anonymous

Ballmer, you don't get it. And if the music indust...
Don

So I'am a thief, mr Ballmer? Do you know what y...
Anonymous

"The most common format of music on an iPod is ‘st...
Egbert Burns

Oh good grief! Grow up. Just because MS were beate...
jon hill

The most common format of music on a Windows PC is...
Matt Dolan

Does Ballmer REALLY think that anyone will pay Mic...
Anonymous

That's a load of crap. Every song on my iPod was e...
Marc Slifkin

I think he's saying future music players with embe...
KL

Is this the new microsoft method of competing with...
Tux Penguin

This guy needs some sensitivity training. From the...
Anonymous

Sure, Microsoft is the good guy and anyone using M...
Anonymous

If it is so wrong,then why would apple have so man...
Anonymous

I'm an iPod user and I've never stolen a single mu...
Anonymous

Maybe he should listen to his son...
Jerome

If you can't beat them...try defamation. My iPod ...
Anonymous

It's the pot calling the kettle black, monkey danc...
popeye cahn

Just because your a thief and raised a thief does ...
honeybee

i'm glad this jackass is running his mouth again. ...
lance

F.U.D. at its finest. Poor Ballmer is sounding par...
Daniel Parent

Did he just call everyone who has an ipod a child ...
Anonymous

I have 3 iPods and not one song is stolen - this m...
Anonymous

OMG - this is too funny and too sad. You heard it...
Anonymous

this statement makes me want to sue mr. ballmer fo...
Anonymous

For Ballmer, the iPod is an easy target. But why g...
Anonymous

Microsoft are the ones who stole the Mac interface...
Andy R

All 3000 songs on my iPod are legal and I buy from...
Jason Lee

micro$oft and logic are mutually exclusive words.
Anonymous

Ballmer's full of sh*t! The music on my iPod (a...
Tim Liszt

"Windows users are OS thieves," says me. With the...
Evan Franklin

Yawn... why would anyone even dignify a response t...
ipods rock

My iTunes collection contains a few borrow tunes. ...
Anonymous

say, that's an idea! all iPod users should band t...
Anonymous

What Mr. Ballmer does not realise is that there is...
Anonymous

DRM? The meaning of this is lost on me. If I fin...
anonymous

Oh that's rich! I'm not an apple user, nor a user...
Paul Eubanks

The wonderful words from an Aprils Fool joke from ...
Anonymous

So the CDs I ripped to my iPod are stolen? Wow....
Anonymous

So, Ballmer, you don't like anyone else 'stealing'...
Anonymous

Piracy and ubiquitous hardware are the only reason...
Anonymous

The trick is the MP3 format. It works, it is po...
Anonymous

Balmer Fud misses the rabbit again
linnaeus coribble

"The most common format of music on an iPod is 'st...
Stu

Gee, nothing like being insulted by Ballmer... ...
Anonymous

Takes a thief to know one...I guess. He has one i...
Anonymous

Idiot. Most of the file-sharing programs run on W...
Frank Z

All my music is COMPLETELY LEGAL aside from two fo...
Adam Dachis

Steve: your TWELVE YEAR OLD GETS IT. Perhaps you ...
Anonymous

I really don't think this is a Mac vs. PC argument...
Anonymous

Coming from the Thieves at Microsoft that sounds f...
Scott Corkern

If you don't like stealing then start paying Apple...
Cody

Like Microsoft has any say into the issues of thef...
Jeffrey Blais

Hey Ballmer, insult me some more, I still won't bu...
Giles Williams

Just another Ballmer mind fart, which are of cours...
Anonymous

it's all true!! *no one* had *any* stolen music on...
Anonymous

That's a terible thing to say. While I'm sure ther...
Matt L.

I'm surprised that Ballmer would focus on a single...
Anonymous

I bought ALL my music - thanks. Considering its Mi...
Anonymous

Class action slander suit?
Anonymous

Mr. Ballmer's remarks were quite remarkable. Not o...
Ian

Sounds like the 12-year old is Ballmer himself: "I...
Jeff M. Miller

I happen to have purchased all of my song legally ...
Tyler Durden

Does Steve own an MP3 player? or does he still car...
Trying to do the right thing

OK, so ripping my CD-collection to my iPod is stea...
Franco the Kid

Record companies steal musi, which is innately fre...
Anonymous

Ballmer can bite it. I am not an Ipod user; I sco...
Simon Jester

Funny! I couldn't stop laughing! Micro$oft ...
cedreca

How dare Ballmer assume my iPod is dirty! It's as ...
Anonymous

What is really amazing is that Apple has not been ...
Anonymous

Somebody's jealous.
ballmersaweenie

Being one of the wealthiest people on earth, Steve...
Anonymous

I would love to illegally download an mpeg file of...
Jeff Lentz

Good Lord. I've always had a respect for Microsoft...
Anonymous

Ballmers a paranoid idiot - all the music on my po...
Tony Cassidy

In my personal experience, many of my non-ipod usi...
Murdock Scott

I wonder if some journalist would be willing to tu...
Kevs

Steve is absolutely right. Anyone who owns an iPod...
wacka wacka

Oh really? So, you've somehow managed to actually ...
DBargen

I recall when pundits (and no few regular folks, h...
Otto

Does Ballmer actually expect anyone to fall for th...
Fears Forself

Ballmer is just playing with words and having fun ...
Xenio Y.

My ipod music is completely legal. It's my copy of...
The dumbass detector

Kind of like Windows users are software thieves, h...
Anonymous

you say iPod users steal music? last I checked, e...
throwarock@your.windows

As long as you can listen to the music, you can re...
dave

Bill Gates and the Board should look hard at this ...
Rukus

Ballmer (and most of the music industry) propably ...
Henrik

Clearly, the customer is still public enemy number...
Anony

This...After Microsoft has yet to produce ANYTHING...
James Earl

Well, for a CEO of such a large public listed comp...
Anonymous

Mr Ballmer has just lost all future sales to me fo...
John Steckler

Definition of 'Stolen'; "This modern technology...
Bernardo

I'm extremely offended by that comment. he just ca...
Anonymous

Yes, you've probably seen this before, but it just...
Zippo

I don't seem to recall Apple discrediting PC at al...
Anonymous

Yeah but there are more 'Microsoft' users with iPo...
Don't Steal Music

Mr. Ballmer's comments are just setting the stage ...
Douglas Metcalfe

Just another example of why they are called Micros...
Anonymous

Would that statement qualify as 'Libel' and can th...
chanceaquino

Gee, when Ballmer comes out with crud like that it...
Rod Hagen

Let's see...Where did they get Windows again?........
Anonymous

Whose the thief? As a multiple iPod owner, with a...
Anonymous

Just sue him or boycott MS unless he say sorry to ...
Guy for HK

I own two iPods, and all the music on them are eit...
Anonymous

He brays, he makes much to do about nothing, small...
Anonymous

The biggest theft in history took place when Windo...
Anonymous

Please. Steve you need to grow up. Slandering Appl...
ultima160

RIAA: statistics, please. This is idiot: Mac us...
carlo

I agree with Kevs, a journalist should challenge h...
Jon Hill

Hey, Ballmer..."In technology only a fool pisses o...
Steve Jobs, Plumber

Most people around the world that steal music are ...
Anonymous

very funny...coming from a guy who stole the origi...
Anonymous

50p or 75p per track isn't theft then? That's the...
Jerrybald

I still can't believe these arguments. Technology ...
Anonymous

Nice bit of promotion that, if you want people to ...
Graham Coles

Most software on Windows PCs is..<blankety blank>.
Anonymous

If record companies offered music at a reasonable ...
Space Monkey

I take it nobody is going to support Mr. Ballmer's...
Keith R

Balmer should sue silicon.com for libel. How the h...
Paul

In asia, majority of the people who use Windows so...
Anonymous

Broadside slander... No doubt there are iPod users...
Anonymous

You have to laugh at the dancing buffoon's tactics...
Virtuous Maybe

Paul from Canada rightly points to silicon.com's p...
Jamie

Thanks Ballmer, you just dropped another anchor in...
Jim

[Ed note] Some readers might notice the single ...
The Ed

Yeah, and I'll bet you came out dancing like wart ...
your biggest fan

What exactly are his comments suppose to achieve? ...
dave

What exactly are his comments suppose to achieve? ...
dave

Steve, with a comment like you made, you come off ...
Right Guard

Ballmer shut up! -A french iPod User-
iPod User

Every piece of music on my ipod was either from cd...
Eggman

As an owner of an IPOD and a PC I find Mr. Ballmer...
Spud

Ballmer's arrogance and ignorance know no bounds. ...
Anonymous

Most of the people I know who have "stolen" music ...
Cosmic Ray

What they don't tell you is that most iPod users a...
Anonymous

Somehow I doubt all the people posting comments he...
Anonymous

Come on guys, give MS a break. If it wasn't Bill s...
LINUX Lover

It is sad to see Ballmer so defensive when it come...
sarre_nine

Music piracy was generated by the crap studio band...
Anonymous

Steve Balmer is to computers as George Bush is to ...
Paul Charlesworth

I believe in truth in editorial work -- please hel...
Colin Prince

This state of affair would have never occured if t...
Anonymous

I have wasted my life by throwing away my time on...
Cheese Weasel

One word comes to mind: JACKASS
Anonymous

Oh dear, the iPod that I have been using for 3 yea...
iPod_till_I_die

What does Ballmer think trying to say that iPod us...
Justin

If Microsoft is succesfull in a business, than the...
Anonymous

I resent the statement that I am a thief because I...
Anonymous

Ballmer is an Idiot saying that ipod users are the...
Justin G

Thieves Huh! That's calling the kettle black don't...
Jessie Thompkins

ok, so macs and ipods are for stolen music are the...
...switching to mac soon...

The hypocrisy of corporate executives such as Ball...
Alastair mclaren

He has a point. Not a really good point, but he d...
Flame Target Man

Hey man, Get a life! I left Microsoft Windows for ...
Shawn Sepulvado

Illegal file sharing started long before iPod came...
Simong

I was quite amused when Ballmer said he THINK wind...
Luther

Yeah..He thinks you should only steal other compan...
David Nelson

Stealing music? Sounds like someone has thrown the...
Stefan

All Microsoft baggage aside...Until you stop peopl...
scott

So... Does being a Billionaire give you the right ...
Kevin

Hi I Use Windows XP And I Have an ipod and all my ...
Anonymous

I get it now! This is the best marketing exercise ...
Robert

Actually, the dud is right! In the UK at least,...
UK iPodder

What's all this digital malarky? I can fit over 20...
Anonymous

So obviously ballmer forgot how microsoft stole th...
Anonymous

So obviously ballmer forgot how microsoft stoled t...
Anonymous

Ballmer is an idiot. He says that iTms is not easy...
Anonymous

People in many of the world's poorer countries, an...
Anonymous

If Steve Ballmer says they're theives, then it's t...
Stu Bleedingheart

do you know how silly you sound? For all crap and...
getalife