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Friday, February 6, 2009

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Bubble-Pops at Democratic Policy Confab: The Full Speech

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made an appearance at the three-day U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Caucus Retreat today to talk about innovation and, let’s be real, the very bad economy and the impact on businesses like the tech giant.

The confab has already seen an appearance by President Barack Obama yesterday and one by Vice President Joe Biden this morning. Ballmer got the lunch spot today.

Ballmer’s message was a bummer, appropriately: “In my view, what we now have will be a fundamental economic reset.”

Here’s his whole speech.

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Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

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