Microsof's Ballmer opens up to partners
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Microsoft's Steve Ballmer offers up a lively Q&A for partners on issues ranging from Yahoo to open source software. In a wide ranging interview following his keynote at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 here, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer fielded questions about Bill Gates' departure, Yahoo, Microsoft's software plus services strategy, competition with open source software and more.
Asked about the status of Microsoft's on again, off again bid for Yahoo, Ballmer deflected the question from Geoff Colvin of Fortune: "We love what we're doing today in search. If you go to www.msn.com you use our Live Search every day, every month, every year, every release we're making incredible progress in innovation, both on the results that you see, the user experience, the relevance, the advertising, and we love what we're doing, and we're going to drive forward in any event."