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Thank you, Margo Day!
Margo is moving on, from VP of US Partners to Western Region VP of Sales.  She’ll be missed by the US Partner community, but as a Western Region partner, we’ll continue to work with her. 
Last night, she (and the Microsoft US Partner team) threw an awesome party.  I hope this tradition of good parties continues [...]

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I attended the keynote sessions again this morning at the Microsoft WWPC.  The highlight of the morning, for me, was Andy Lees, who talked extensively about the progress Microsoft had made in the server market.  He was quite clear about how he sees the high-performance computing (HPC) market, and the opportunity for Microsoft and its [...]

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(Composed Tuesday, 7/11/2006 at Microsoft WWPC)
I always enjoy Steve Ballmer’s presentations – he’s enthusiastic and loud, insightful and funny, and that works well with a big, supportive crowd.  He did well today, but I’ve seen him before, and I have to say he was not fully on his game today. 
He hit on the expected themes [...]

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(Composed Monday 7/10/2006 en route to Boston for Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.) 
I’ve mentioned my happy relationship with my Dell Latitude 610 laptop, and that relationship continues today on the plane to Boston.  If I choose my tasks appropriately, I’m just as productive in an aisle seat on JetBlue as I am in the office (maybe more — [...]

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