MIX 08: APPLE VS MICROSOFT!!!

HAPPY EARTH DAY EVERYONE!

I know I’m late on this, but I just finished watching the keynote from Mix 08 with Guy Kawasaki (a former Mac evangelist, his old job was to convince hardware and software companies to make stuff to sell to the public that was for the Mac) interviewing Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. That’s right! A Mac guy interviewing the CEO of Microsoft!!! When I heard about this I had to track to it down!

Guy held back no punches and asked some awesome questions like:

"What’s up with Microsoft and Yahoo?"
"Are you guys pursuing Yahoo because Google is making a bunch of money off internet ads? Is that the future?"
"I bet you (Steve Ballmer) can’t even say the ‘Google’ word?”
“How come there’s no Internet Explorer 8 for the Mac?”

BUT MY FAVORITE QUESTION WAS:

GUY KAWASAKI: Okay. Another not so softball, what's the deal with Vista? Seriously, I mean…
STEVE BALLMER: Seriously?
GUY KAWASAKI: Yes, I mean seriously. Shall I say I read a very funny blog.
STEVE BALLMER: Vista, the second most popular operating system in history?
GUY KAWASAKI: The one that you get no choice in getting. (Laughter from audience.)

Question from an audience member: Hi. We all know that the format wars ended recently with Blu-Ray being the winner. I wanted to know what were your thoughts on that, and do you have any plans with Blu-Ray technology with the Xbox and stuff like that?

Here’s a clip from the Keynote:

I kind of want a MacBook Air now. I only need it for internet and school work. It’s not like I’m going to be editing movies with it. I’ll use my iMac for that, hahaha!

But in all honesty, I think Steve Ballmer is an amazing CEO! He’s got a really unique personality which Microsoft needs right now. Both Guy and Ballmer were both great sports which made for an interesting interview

They should have a Linux guy interview Ballmer for Mix 09!