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Would You Buy A Cell Phone From This Man?
TechFlash reports: Is Steve Ballmer admirably enthusiastic, or is his cheerleading too much following the company's unprecedented layoffs and cutbacks?
Whatever your opinion, there's no disputing that he can still make a big entrance. The video above shows the 53-year-old Microsoft CEO making his way to the stage at the company's private meeting Thursday at Safeco Field in Seattle—sprinting around the infield, pumping his arms, slapping hands, and generally whooping it up as thousands of the company's employees cheer him on from the stands.
This particular video doesn't show the iPhone incident—we're still hoping to get our hands on a video clip of that—but it does provide a sense for the tone leading up to that now-infamous encounter.
It would be interesting to hear from Microsoft employees: Is this kind of entrance by Ballmer inspiring, embarrassing, or something else?
Also see a recap of the meeting from Mini-Microsoft, the anonymous employee blogger who had been hoping for a "serious wrap-up" from the Microsoft CEO.
Todd Bishop is managing editor of TechFlash.
