NETGEAR CEO DISSES MICROSOFT AND STEVE JOBS

At a press lunch in California Patrick Lo, CEO of NetGear, had some unkind things to say about Microsoft and Steve Jobs. About Microsoft's recently launched Windows Phone 7 platform Lo said "Microsoft is over -- game over, from my point of view." Of course this doesn't really take into account Microsoft's huge purse filled with greenbacks from its lucrative Windows 7 and Office products.

But Lo didn't stop with Microsoft. He went on to attached Steve Jobs' decision to leave Adobe Flash out of the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. "What's the reason for him to trash Flash? There's no reason other than ego," said Lo. He went on to say "Once Steve Jobs goes away, which is probably not far away, then Apple will have to make a strategic decision on whether to open up the platform." Uhm, yeah way to stay classy there Patrick.