John Paczkowski

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QOTD: So To The Class of 2011 I Say, "Where Do You Want To Go Today?" Go Forth And "Be What’s Next"

“To all the families and graduates, post-graduation please Skype on … I also have to tell you, a guy I know in Seattle has a son who goes to the school down the street here, UCLA. I saw him the other day, and he starts chirping at me, chirp, chirp, chirp. I said, “I’m going down to USC to speak.” Chirp, chirp, chirp, UCLA better, chirp, chirp, chirp. I had it. I whip out my Windows Phone, I Bing the university rankings, and I just show it to him right there in black and white, USC 23 – UCLA 25.”

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer works a handful of product mentions into his commencement address at the University of Southern California


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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/???/100001550887660 ???

    I think his speech is actually quite good :)

  • Anonymous

    OMG they bought Skype solely because it is a verb. That is how deep their Google-envy runs.

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