Ballmer dodges egg assault

 

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By Stuart Turton

Posted on 20 May 2008 at 12:06

Steve Ballmer has been egged by an angry student during a conference in Hungary.

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The student accused Microsoft of "stealing billions in Hungarian taxpayer money", before completely missing his target from just feet away with his egg barrage.

The wayward assault sent Ballmer scurrying behind a lectern, while his glaring assailant was ushered from the room, still demanding Ballmer pay the money back "right now".

The assault brought a groan/cheer from the crowd, and even stunned Ballmer who laughingly broke the tension by claiming "it was a friendly disruption, er, that broke my train of thought."

On the bright side, Ballmer can now swap stories with Bill Gates who was rather more effectively cream-pied in Budapest back in 1998. Ballmer's would-be assailant might also want to take a few notes for the future.