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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback...  ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent.  After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:18:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delivering opening remarks at Microsoft's shareholder meeting on Thursday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said that Windows 7 was off to a "fantastic start."  Delivering opening remarks at Microsoft's shareholder meeting on Thursday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said that Windows 7 was off to a "fantastic start." ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:55:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=71294&messageID=1374527&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:03:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26949]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[At a news conference in Tokyo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer declares early sales of Windows 7 to be "fantastic," outpacing early sales of any previous Windows OS release. by Sam Diaz]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:25:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Courier interface functionality leaked]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Kindle killer?Although I can see a variety of interesting uses for a device like this, it would seem to be an interesting alternative for the expensive b/w ebook readers.  While it may not have the readability and low power consumption of eInk displays, the addition of color, apps,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer: Zune services coming to 'next release' of Windows Mobile]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if Windows Mobile wasn't slow or bloated enough already...not much left to say.  Windows Mobile is toward the horse's heiney of mobile platforms, right now and I doubt Apple or RIM will screw up their products just to let proven crapware back in...  In a socialized world,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer: Zune services coming to 'next release' of Windows Mobile]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to Engadget's questions on when the Zune music and video services will come to Windows Mobile, CEO Steve Ballmer said Zune services would definitely be available in conjunction with the next Windows Mobile release. But which release did he mean? by Mary Jo Foley]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:58:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Forrester interview with Steve Ballmer about the SharePoint Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-17930-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=70764&messageID=1359615&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft providing services gives me the WilliesMicrosoft providing services gives me the Willies, because what will the rest of us do?So my questions around SharePoint would be, will MS provide anything inhouse as a service that will not be an included feature in the software licensed for externally hosting?]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:02:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dang I wish I was there to see it in person.RE: Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availabilityI was down in NYC on Tuesday for the Windows 7 launch for IT Pros and Developers.  I think they did a nice job with that launch.  And we...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage today in New York to officially kick off the worldwide availability of Windows 7, the company's highly-anticipated next-generation operating system. Here's a liveblog of the festivities. by Andrew Nusca]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:08:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Forrester interview with Steve Ballmer about the SharePoint Business]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure to sit down with Steve Ballmer for an interview at the Microsoft SharePoint conference in Las Vegas this week. My research team at Forrester spends a lot of time thinking, researching, and writing about the future of information work. So getting Steveâ€™s view on SharePointâ€™s decade-long...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:23:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer: Testers didn't ring Vista warning bells; Could the same happen with Windows 7?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your average beta tester is a power userYour average beta tester is a power user. You don't get the same feedback as you can from an average user. Therefore, you can't extrapolate how their experience would apply to the masses.Ballmer's trying to dampen expectations a bit so that when Windows...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer: Testers didn't ring Vista warning bells; Could the same happen with Windows 7?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4180]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this week pointed to Vista as an example that tester feedback may not always be the best measure of the success of a new operating system release. What's that mean for Windows 7? by Mary Jo Foley]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:55:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft opens Windows Marketplace for Mobile with 246 apps]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[logic"Bach told press and analysts ... that there are more than 20,000 applications available for Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 phones ? and even if the applications focused on specific business verticals and IT tasks are subtracted, there are still ?tens of thousands? of Windows Mobile apps out there."20.000 minus...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CNET Conversations: Microsoft's Steve Ballmer]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.zdnet.com/2422-13568_22-351315.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Ballmer talks about Google's apps, Apple's niche, Zune's potential, and what's up with that Courier tablet.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:55:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Steve Ballmer and licensing: The video]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loud and clearI thought he answered the question fully. Another of my translations seem to be doing a lot of them today :-("There are no changes possible to the rules which will retain the level of revenue expected by shareholders. Any further changes will result in savings to customers alone....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer: Microsoft never recovered from Vista blow]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word of Mouth...... trumps design and usability.  Seems that once the drumming starts in the ABM crowd, there is little to do about the avalanche of "me too-ism."Vista is a fine operating system done in by third party vendors who refused to update their drivers to work with Vista's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer: Microsoft never recovered from Vista blow]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=5750]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As Microsoft prepares for the release of Windows 7, CEO Steve Ballmer admits that the company's reputation has never recovered from the launch of Vista. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:02:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer questions open-source code security]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-13568-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=69992&messageID=1340457&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Ballmer talks smackWell, at this point Ballmer sounds like a politician, painting Open Source developers as "hackers in China or other foreign countries" vs. Microsoft's "controlled" environment. He doesn't "buy that". He never had to. Open Source is free.Unlike Microsoft's mega-crap that uses all resources as possible until you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:17:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft's Ballmer on the flavors of Windows 7, the economy and XP]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=69965&messageID=1339466&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nice interview.Nice interview.RE: Microsoft's Ballmer on the flavors of Windows 7, the economy and XPWasn't it Ballmer that laughed at Apple's iPhone when it was first released, stating that it wouldn't sell because it was priced too high?  Hard to understand Ballmer when he isn't screaming and jumping around...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
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