Live blogging CES opening keynote: Steve Ballmer admits, “I am a PC and proud of it!” - VentureBeat
Wed, Jan 7th, 2009
Steve Ballmer is giving the keynote speech for the first time at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He is positioning himself as the true believer, the one who believes in the personal computer and the Windows operating system.
"I am a PC and proud of it!" he said, a reference to Apple’s TV ads that make fun of a pudgy character who identifies himself as a PC.
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Ballmer is funny sometime:)