...no outro lado do mundo:: Mr Ballmer refugia-se na Austrália (bem longe de Frisco), e segue a desembuchar suas famosas pérolas. Saca só:

Asked about the future of its .Net strategy, Ballmer admitted the platform "had stalled in the last 12 months" but that there would be a renewed push.
q: Será que a MS sabe que ele pensa assim?

"We can't support open source but we can support interoperability."
q: Será que ele tá sabendo do uso da licença CC pela MS?

Another partner complained of SQL Server's lack of spatial storage capabilities, saying the database was being beaten by Oracle. This may be addressed in the next release (of SQL Server) in 18 months, Ballmer said, but conceded he "really didn't know."
q: Não sabe? Tudo bem, ele não tem obrigação de saber tudo, principalmente questões técnicas. Mas não tinha um 'staffzinho' ali pra soprar uma resposta?

A question on location-based services saw Ballmer plug Microsoft's "heavy investment" in mapping. But when a participant asked why MapPoint had not expanded to Southeast Asia so such services could be built, Ballmer was stumped.
"I didn't know we weren't doing well there," he said. "I'll address that with the team vigorously."
q: Também não sabia? E o time, tremerá com tamanho "vigor"?

E, por último, o melhor da festa:

"What you're saying is, 'You're so far behind, why bother'?" he said, when pressed to reaffirm Microsoft's commitment to search technology as it struggles to catch up with Google.

"Well, if anyone thinks innovation is done in search, you're wrong. Does anyone here really believe search is going to look like it does now in 10 years?" he asked attendees.

He claimed Microsoft's long-term view was already making ground on Google.

"In the next six months, we'll catch Google in terms of relevancy," he said.

q: Céus! Ele ficou sabendo do Google Factory Tour? Será que ele acompanha todos os 'boatos' que rondam a empresa de mídia mais valorizada do mundo?

Ballmer, Ballmer...