Steve Ballmer’s presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was free of the dancing, screaming, sweaty antics he’s sometimes known for when he takes the stage at conferences and conventions. Instead, the Microsoft CEO’s first CES opening keynote speech laid out his company’s vision for the year ahead as Microsoft and its many hardware partners gird for a bleak consumer spending landscape. “It feels like we’ve entered a period of reduced expectations, a time when we may be tempted to temper our optimism and scale back our ambitions,” he commented.
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Ballmer Offers Tempered Optimism in CES Keynote
Posted by: Paul Hartsock January 8, 2009 10:56 AMSteve Ballmer’s presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was free of the dancing, screaming, sweaty antics he’s sometimes known for when he takes the stage at conferences and conventions. Instead, the Microsoft CEO’s first CES opening keynote speech laid out his company’s vision for the year ahead as Microsoft and its many hardware partners gird for a bleak consumer spending landscape. “It feels like we’ve entered a period of reduced expectations, a time when we may be tempted to temper our optimism and scale back our ambitions,” he commented.