May 7, 2009 4:37 PM PDT
Video of Ballmer's Stanford speech
For those who want to hear Wednesday's Stanford University appearance by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, the full video is now online (and embedded below).
As I wrote Wednesday, the highlights included his blunt assessment of the genesis of the economic meltdown ("The world borrowed too much money"), his subtle dig at Windows Vista, as well as his take on what's needed for Microsoft to compete in the search business.
But of course, Ballmer says things in a far more entertaining fashion than I can, so by all means, check out the video. The best part is the question-and-answer session with students, which starts at about 26:30.
During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried has changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. These days, most of her attention is focused on Microsoft. E-mail Ina. 
this is a case study on how a grossly inadequate & over-promoted CEO leading a huge and successful corporation to serious downsizing over a period of time. The cultural, and technological shift brought by this man and his cronies in the boardroom is painful to see.
maybe we should give more credit to Bill G., he's smarter than previously thought, he elevated this corpulent buffoon as CEO, only to see him fall over his sword and then jump back in to be hailed as saviour. clever stuff.
Sheesh.
- by blindmessiah May 19, 2009 5:26 AM PDT
- And it's SQL Server, not Sequel. =)
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