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It was just another innocent post by ex-Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble:

So, why is Microsoft stock price in freefall? Cause Steve Ballmer didn't come to the grassroots and convince him that Microsoft's business strategy makes sense.

Surprise surprise, a blogger has an opinion about something important. (Let's not belabor that cliche.)

So it just feels silly to see the treatment from that eternal Register wannabe, the Inquirer. The second-rate tech tabloid screams:

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This would be a slow-day-at-the-journal approach even at some trashy weblog. But the Inquirer stretches this into a full article (padding it with liberal quoted paragraphs), ending with, "Welcome to Her Majesty's gutter press, Robert!"

Sorry, Inquirer, but no one rolls in the sewers quite like you do.

Why Wall Street didn't believe Steve Ballmer (and what he can do about it) [Scobleizer]
Ego-crazed Scoble burns MS bridges [Inquirer]