Ballmer's Talk and Leaving

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His speech was reported lots of places, such as <A HREF="http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/06/22/010622hnballmer.xml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/"><U>on the InfoWorld web site</U></A>, so I won't put it here until I have lots of free time to integrate my notes (they aren't done the same as the others -- I got permission from Steve before hand to cover it, so I audio recorded it and my notes are filled with references to the times on the minidisc -- InfoWorld also videotaped it).</div> <bR> <div> Here are my pictures, ready for the notes:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b9bc6e0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="110" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0bb628a0.jpg" border=0 width="98" height="138" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0bdc1a90.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0bfd2920.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="146" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0c1716a0.jpg" border=0 width="113" height="106" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0c3dea80.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="168" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Paul Grayson of Alibre did a demo:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0c5c88f0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="0c7ef8f0.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="0c99b8f0.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0cbc28d0.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="141" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0cd817a0.jpg" border=0 width="129" height="122" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Checking RIM messages during the talk -- the market moves on</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0cfddaf0.jpg" border=0 width="221" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="0d1ceaf0.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d3ab960.jpg" border=0 width="171" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="0d5c4960.jpg" border=0 width="196" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d774a50.jpg" border=0 width="116" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="0d9efa50.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="0dbc3a50.jpg" border=0 width="195" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> I got a lift to the airport (my plane was 90 minutes after the talk, so I had to run) from Dan Gillmor:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0dd81b00.jpg" border=0 width="129" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="0df72b00.jpg" border=0 width="114" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dan Gillmor waiting for his car at the parking garage</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e1937d0.jpg" border=0 width="147" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Getting ready to transfer the pictures from the camera to my laptop at the airport, next to my bags and pizza dinner</div> <div> <B>That's it!</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=28 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> < <A HREF="thursdaymorning.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thursday Morning"><U>Previous</U></A>       > /  <A HREF="http://www.bricklin.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bricklin.com"><U>www.bricklin.com</U></A>  /  (c) Copyright 2001 Daniel S. 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