Daily Marauder

D6 CONFERENCE 2008: BILL GATES AND STEVE BALLMER FROM MICROSOFT

The Microsoft Comedy Duo

Part 1

Above and below are two highlights from Steve Ballmer (right) and Bill Gates’ (left) interview at D6 yesterday.  In part 1 above, Bill and Steve speak about their original partnership and the origins of the company.

Part 2

The main highlight for me comes in part 2 (above) when Ballmer explains the online advertising chain on a white board.  He also references the Yahoo acquisition attempt as Microsoft’s mission to increase their scale in the search advertising sector.

Was Vista a mistake?  Ballmer responds, definitely not, but admits that there certainly are things that they would change if given the option to do it all again.  In the next version, Microsoft will definitely make improvements in compatibility, security, and ability to upgrade.

I heart crazy Ballmer.