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		<title>The Entire D6 Interview With Dell Computer's Michael Dell (3 of 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kara Swisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May.

Here's an interview that Walt Mossberg did with Michael Dell, the founder of the once-high-flying computer company who has returned as its CEO. Dell was forced to resume the role in 2007 after changing market conditions caused the company to falter and competition from Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Sony increased.

This is part three of three parts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>We&#8217;re posting all the interviews from the sixth <a href="http://d6.allthingsd.com"><strong>D: All Things Digital</strong></a> conference that took place in late May.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, due to issues too complicated to go into, we have to post all the <strong>D6</strong> interviews in several 15-minute parts (I know, I know).</p>
<p>But&#8211;as many readers have requested&#8211;they will all be available in their entirety in this column.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://kara.allthingsd.com/files/2008/10/303072938_mrgxh-th.jpg"><img src="http://kara.allthingsd.com/files/2008/10/303072938_mrgxh-th.jpg" alt="" title="303072938_mrgxh-th" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4725" /></a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an interview that Walt Mossberg did with <a href="http://d6.allthingsd.com/20080528/dell/">Michael Dell</a>, the founder of the once-high-flying computer company who has returned as its CEO. Dell was forced to resume the role in 2007 after changing market conditions caused the company to falter and competition from Apple (AAPL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Sony (SNE) increased.</p>
<p>The video of the interview is in three parts, all of which I have posted this week.</p>
<p>In this third part, Dell talks about longtime efforts at Dell (DELL) to push green initiatives in the personal computer industry and smaller-sized computing devices versus mobile phones.</p>
<p>Dell then takes questions from the audience about the blogosphere, Dell marketing efforts versus Apple, fist-fighting chances versus Steve Jobs (Dell can take him, he claims!) and cloud computing.</p>
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		<title>The Entire D6 Interview With Dell Computer's Michael Dell (2 of 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kara Swisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May.

Here's an interview that Walt Mossberg did with Michael Dell, the founder of the once-high-flying computer company who has returned as its CEO. Dell was forced to resume the role in 2007, after changing market conditions caused the company to falter and competition from Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Sony increased.

This is part two of three parts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>We&#8217;re posting all the interviews from the sixth <a href="http://d6.allthingsd.com"><strong>D: All Things Digital</strong></a> conference that took place in late May.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, due to issues too complicated to go into, we have to post all the <strong>D6</strong> interviews in several 15-minute parts (I know, I know).</p>
<p>But&#8211;as many readers have requested&#8211;they will all be available in their entirety in this column.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://kara.allthingsd.com/files/2008/09/303072960_xynku-m.jpg"><img src="http://kara.allthingsd.com/files/2008/09/303072960_xynku-m-199x300.jpg" alt="" title="303072960_xynku-m" width="199" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4655" /></a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an interview that Walt Mossberg did with <a href="http://d6.allthingsd.com/20080528/dell/">Michael Dell</a>, the founder of the once-high-flying computer company who has returned as its CEO. Dell was forced to resume the role in 2007 after changing market conditions caused the company to falter and competition from Apple (AAPL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Sony (SNE) increased.</p>
<p>The video of the interview is in three parts, all of which I will post this week.</p>
<p>In this second part, Dell talks about the Dell (DELL) retail strategy, its cooperation with Microsoft (MSFT) to create a better Windows ecosystem, &#8220;craplets,&#8221; the Vista operating system, and multi-touch technologies, and he also answers a question from an online reader about the popularity of Apple computers.</p>
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		<title>The Entire D6 Interview With Dell Computer's Michael Dell (1 of 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kara Swisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May.

Here's an interview Walt Mossberg did with Michael Dell, the founder of the once-high-flying computer maker who has returned as its CEO. Dell was forced to resume the role in 2007 after changing market conditions caused the company to falter and competition from Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Sony increased.

This is part one of three parts.

In this first part, Dell talks about how Dell stumbled and how it is trying to right itself.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>We&#8217;re posting all the interviews from the sixth <a href="http://d6.allthingsd.com"><strong>D: All Things Digital</strong></a> conference that took place in late May.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, due to issues too complicated to go into, we have to post all the <strong>D6</strong> interviews in several 15-minute parts (I know, I know).</p>
<p>But&#8211;as many readers have requested&#8211;they will all be available in their entirety in this column.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://kara.allthingsd.com/files/2008/09/303059282_s3gjr-m.jpg"><img src="http://kara.allthingsd.com/files/2008/09/303059282_s3gjr-m-300x199.jpg" alt="" title="303059282_s3gjr-m" width="300" height="199" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4509" /></a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an interview Walt Mossberg did with <a href="http://d6.allthingsd.com/20080528/dell/">Michael Dell</a>, the founder of the once-high-flying computer maker who has returned as CEO. Dell was forced to resume the role in 2007 after changing market conditions caused the company to falter and competition increased from other makers of personal computers, including Apple (AAPL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Sony (SNE).</p>
<p>The video of the interview is in three parts, all of which I will post this week.</p>
<p>In this first part, Dell talks about the previous appearance at All Things Digital by former Dell CEO Kevin Rollins and his contention that research and development were unneeded, how Dell (DELL) stumbled and is now trying to right itself and the company&#8217;s new focus on fashion, design and distribution.</p>
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		<title>Ask New D6 Speaker&#8211;Yahoo President Sue Decker&#8211;a Question!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kara Swisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, BoomTown posted our speaker list for the sixth edition of D: All Things Digital, which will take place in a few weeks--May 27 to 29, to be exact--in Carlsbad, Calif.

Just recently, we added Jerry Yang, CEO and co-founder of Yahoo, and now he is being joined onstage at the conference by Yahoo President Sue Decker (pictured here in a lovely Wall Street Journal dot-drawing).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Earlier this week, BoomTown <a href="http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080505/all-things-dont-blink-or-youll-miss-it/">posted our speaker list for the sixth edition</a> of <a href="http://www.allthingsd.com/d"><strong>D: All Things Digital</strong></a>, which will take place in a few weeks&#8211;May 27 to 29, to be exact&#8211;in Carlsbad, Calif.</p>
<p>The annual gathering of tech and media luminaries was created and is run by my partner <a href="http://walt.allthingsd.com">Walt Mossberg</a> and me.</p>
<p><strong>D6</strong> tech and media speakers include: Microsoft Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer of Microsoft (MSFT); News Corp.&#8217;s (NWS) Rupert Murdoch; Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner (TWX); Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook; Michael Dell of Dell Computer (DELL); IAC&#8217;s (IACI) Barry Diller; Amazon&#8217;s (AMZN) Jeff Bezos; Howard Stringer of Sony (SNE); and TiVo&#8217;s (TIVO) Tom Rogers.</p>
<p>Also: Tom Glocer of Thomson Reuters (TRI); Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation; FCC Chairman Kevin Martin; Lowell McAdam of Verizon Wireless (VZ); Activision&#8217;s (ATVI) Robert Kotick; and former Microsoft tech guru Nathan Myhrvold of Intellectual Ventures.</p>
<p><img src='http://kara.allthingsd.com/files/2008/05/decker.jpg' alt='decker' /></p>
<p>Just recently, we added Jerry Yang, CEO and co-founder of Yahoo (YHOO), and now he is being joined onstage at the conference by Yahoo President Sue Decker (pictured here in a lovely Wall Street Journal dot-drawing). </p>
<p>The pairing should make for a lively session, given all the heat around Yahoo of late, largely related to the scuttled attempt by Microsoft to buy the company.</p>
<p>What would you like to know about that and anything else about Yahoo?</p>
<p>As it so happens, you can ask!</p>
<p>While the conference is sold out, you can submit questions that you would like answered to Yang and Decker or any of the speakers via text or video. Walt and I will pick the best ones and let loose.</p>
<p><a href="http://allthingsd.com/d/ask-a-question/">Ask early and often here</a>!</p>
<p>In addition, the whole conference will be online at <strong>AllThingsD</strong> during the conference, via live blogs and reports of breaking news (and there <em>will</em> be breaking news, as there always is), along with video highlights.</p>
<p>And videos of all the interviews will be posted soon after it is over.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 07:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kara Swisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer of Microsoft (MSFT). News Corp.&#8217;s (NWS) Rupert Murdoch. Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner (TWX). Yahoo&#8217;s (YHOO) Jerry Yang.
All of them engaged in roiling Internet deal-making of late and all of them in just three weeks on the same stage&#8211;but not, thankfully, at the same time, or we&#8217;d need a professional [...]]]></description>
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<p>Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer of Microsoft (MSFT). News Corp.&#8217;s (NWS) Rupert Murdoch. Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner (TWX). Yahoo&#8217;s (YHOO) Jerry Yang.</p>
<p>All of them engaged in roiling Internet deal-making of late and all of them in just three weeks on the same stage&#8211;but not, thankfully, at the same time, or we&#8217;d need a professional negotiator&#8211;at the <a href="http://allthingsd.com/d/">6th <strong>D: All Things Digital</strong> conference</a> in Carlsbad, Calif.</p>
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<p>The annual gathering of tech and media luminaries was created and is run by my amazing partner <a href="http://walt.allthingsd.com">Walt Mossberg</a> and me (see us here at <strong>D5</strong>) and will take place May 27 to 29. </p>
<p>The conference, as we describe it on our Web site, is &#8220;unlike any other executive conference.&#8221; What we mean by that is that we try to determine the next direction of the digital revolution via unscripted and informal, but pointed, conversations about the impact of digital technology with industry leaders.</p>
<p>In other words, Walt and I needling at the major players of the digital sector, until they give up the good stuff.</p>
<p>The other digital and media leaders coming? That would be: Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook; Michael Dell of Dell Computer (DELL); IAC&#8217;s (IACI) Barry Diller; Amazon&#8217;s (AMZN) Jeff Bezos; Howard Stringer of Sony (SNE); and TiVo&#8217;s (TIVO) Tom Rogers.</p>
<p>Also: Tom Glocer of Thomson Reuters (TRI); Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation; FCC Chairman Kevin Martin; Lowell McAdam of Verizon Wireless (VZ); Activision&#8217;s (ATVI) Robert Kotick; and former Microsoft tech guru and Nathan Myhrvold of Intellectual Ventures.</p>
<p>To say our timing is impeccably planned would be undeserved&#8211;we had no idea so much news related to all these companies and their leaders would break out, from the tough economy to takeover battles to court face-offs to mergers to trying to create a whole new way of reading.</p>
<p>Also, there will be some&#8211;as yet under wraps&#8211;amazing demos onstage too.</p>
<p>While the analog conference has been sold out for many months, the action will be on the <a href="http://allthingsd.com"><strong>AllThingsD.com</strong></a> site throughout the conference with round-the-clock live blogging by <a href="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com">Digital Daily&#8217;s John Paczkowski</a>, as well as video highlights from stage. </p>
<p>In addition, we&#8217;ll be pointing all over the Web to important tech and media news that breaks at <strong>D6</strong>. </p>
<p>And we will also stream the entire conference in the weeks after the conference takes place, so <strong>ATD</strong>&#8217;s audience can experience the whole thing, even if they cannot all attend. </p>
<p>But anyone&#8217;s questions can be there, though&#8211;this year, you can submit questions to any of the speakers via text or video that you would like answered. Walt and I will pick the best ones and let loose. <a href="http://allthingsd.com/d/ask-a-question/">Ask early and often here</a>!</p>
<p>Walt and I are very excited for <strong>D6</strong>, even after last year, when we brought together industry legends Bill Gates and Apple&#8217;s Steve Jobs, for an historic joint interview.</p>
<p>At the time, Walt and I joked that we would not be able to top that amazing event (the video of the entire interview is below). </p>
<p>That interview was nearly unbeatable, but we also think that with the top-level interviewees we have assembled for <strong>D6</strong>, that it is <em>game on</em>.</p>
<p>Until then, here&#8217;s the Gates/Jobs video from <strong>D5</strong>:</p>
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