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TIL after Luvosky left Microsoft for Google, Steve Ballmer picked up his chair, threw it across his office and said, “Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I’m going to fucking bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to fucking kill Google

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