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September 26th, 2008

Video: Ballmer's quest to compete with Google

Posted by David Grober @ 10:00 am

Categories: Cloud computing, Google, Microsoft

Tags: Google Inc., Steve Ballmer, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management, David Grober

At a Churchill Club event in Santa Clara, Calif., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks to Ann Winblad, a partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, on its long-term strategy to battle Google in the search market. Ballmer says that to succeed, the company will have to find a way to change the experience and the economics of search, redefining the category. Play video

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Star Trek??
Not to ridicule you, but are you serioius???? Thats your suggestion for MS to overcome Google. I think overcoming Google will take a bit more than voice commands. By the way, I think MS already has so... (Read the rest)
Posted by: smartin@... Posted on: 10/03/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
what no monkey dance  Quebec-french | 09/26/08
So, 2 years in, what's the report card like?  TripleII | 09/26/08
Here's how MS can beat Google  bnetusername | 09/27/08
You get an A! grin  TripleII | 09/27/08
Star Trek??  smartin@... | 10/03/08

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