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 STEVE BALLMER : Well, I want to thank Jay, I want to thank the speaker and all of you for the opportunity</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)</generator><item><title>re: Steve Ballmer's Comments at Democratic Caucus Retreat</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/02/06/steve-ballmer-s-comments-at-democratic-caucus-retreat.aspx#3345161</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:13:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3345161</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I think that if you have a blog, then it is what you need. &amp;nbsp; Tell people about something, someone is advertising, to somebody else for something else. &amp;nbsp;Personally, I think so. &amp;nbsp;Here I have a blog about my travels, but I can not share them with people, because somebody would write that this is spam. &amp;nbsp; A hoster will also kick :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3345161" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Steve Ballmer's Comments at Democratic Caucus Retreat</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/02/06/steve-ballmer-s-comments-at-democratic-caucus-retreat.aspx#3345160</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:13:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3345160</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;we&amp;#39;ll continue to go into uncharted territory as many-core chipsets and devices become common, and we develop new ways to write programs to help us model the world&amp;#39;s climate, the world&amp;#39;s population, the world&amp;#39;s energy needs; all of that will be super possible.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3345160" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Steve Ballmer's Comments at Democratic Caucus Retreat</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/02/06/steve-ballmer-s-comments-at-democratic-caucus-retreat.aspx#3345158</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:12:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3345158</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Amazing speech. Straight from the heart and mind!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3345158" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Steve Ballmer's Comments at Democratic Caucus Retreat</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/02/06/steve-ballmer-s-comments-at-democratic-caucus-retreat.aspx#3345157</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:11:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3345157</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The references to the 1873 depression is spot on, except the parallel is the inflation of railroad in 1873 and property in 2008. &amp;nbsp;Unfortuantely it took about 17 years before the 1873 panic was finally overcome with the 1880s being a very hard time economically. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Let&amp;#39;s hope we can fix the problem before it reaches the hard times of the 1880s. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I can only wish that CEOs at the Banks had the insight that SteveB has. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Microsoft = Making it happen&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3345157" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Steve Ballmer's Comments at Democratic Caucus Retreat</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/02/06/steve-ballmer-s-comments-at-democratic-caucus-retreat.aspx#3345156</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:10:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3345156</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Great Speech........very inspiring &amp;nbsp;You rock&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3345156" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Steve Ballmer's Comments at Democratic Caucus Retreat</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/02/06/steve-ballmer-s-comments-at-democratic-caucus-retreat.aspx#3345155</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:10:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3345155</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Lets make an opportunity out of this situation&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3345155" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Steve Ballmer's Comments at Democratic Caucus Retreat</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/02/06/steve-ballmer-s-comments-at-democratic-caucus-retreat.aspx#3345153</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:09:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3345153</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Inspiring indeed. I&amp;#39;m proud to work for such a positive thinking company. I only wish there were more companies with our mind-set. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;It&amp;#39;s not only about Steve B., we all think the same way! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Something that I would like to have seen in his speech is a reference to Benjamin Franklin: &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Success is measured by 99% persperation and... well the rest you know. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Hard work, innovation, and an inspired positive outlook into the future pays off !!! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;regards, &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Raph&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3345153" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Steve Ballmer's Comments at Democratic Caucus Retreat</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/02/06/steve-ballmer-s-comments-at-democratic-caucus-retreat.aspx#3345152</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:08:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3345152</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Yes I am very proud that the CEO of a very successful technological company could have such philosophy that we all would like to hear from the great ECONOMIST. No doubt, Microsoft is BIG because of a BIG thinking, BIG baseline, and BIG and strong foundational thinking.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3345152" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Steve Ballmer's Comments at Democratic Caucus Retreat</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/02/06/steve-ballmer-s-comments-at-democratic-caucus-retreat.aspx#3345150</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:07:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3345150</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Excellent one. Steve hasn&amp;#39;t minced words accepting the -ves and ground realities and had optimism which can take US back to old glorious days. &amp;nbsp; Finally a CEO who thinks about country more than bagful of bonuses.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3345150" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Steve Ballmer's Comments at Democratic Caucus Retreat</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/02/06/steve-ballmer-s-comments-at-democratic-caucus-retreat.aspx#3345147</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:05:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3345147</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Excellent speech and inspiring truth - &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;If you&amp;#39;re going to do a job, do a job. &amp;nbsp;If you&amp;#39;re not going to do a job, don&amp;#39;t do a job” = &amp;quot;Got to be motivated, you&amp;#39;ve got to be tenacious, you&amp;#39;ve got to be smart&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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