Ladies and gentlemen, president and chief executive officer of the Consumer
Electronics Association
GARY SHAPIRO
Well considered twenty twelve international csce
you know in the early nineteen nineties the technology mister was consumed with
the big question
would the TV
or the PC be the center of the home entertainment experience
so even asked whether the pc even the long been the consumer electronics
industry
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we all learned about the convergence of the g_d_p_ seeing cuts and hear it said
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in nineteen ninety five
delegates to to see its days for the first time
to speak to a small group detainees
at something we've been called a CEOs workshop
I'll never forget
for speech speech
Bill walked into the helped him by himself
with his head
buried in a book
he made some remarks
and that i feel that written questions for him to the audience
his speech was called the coming revolution
silver computing
Bill said his revolution would be social
and that was in nineteen ninety five
wall in nineteen ninety eight we launched a new concept the c_e_o_'s
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we invited bill along with scott mcnealy
barry diller and steve forbes become the first c_e_o_ skinner's
Bill Gates did such a great job that we invited him back
and then we invited him back again
and again
and for fourteen great years until his successor as microsoft ceo steve ballmer
have taken is to the stage to tell the world about microsoft's next great
innovations
now is maybe a few words you've heard
we've announced together
that microsoft is taking a break from the keynote station twenty thirty
to those who asked me why over the years microsoft was the only company granted
an annual keynotes lot i had an immediate an honest answer
as a company microsoft uniquely changed the world in from for activities
business and the very wavy create and communicate
more microsoft's you know it's still france international tennessee this show
as microsoft said this is a permanent split partners in technology industry
microsoft at the recital spiraling
and we both benefited
but as much as a human inclination is to protect and preserve the status quo
in the technology will be recognized that changed is the only constant and
from those to you
in for microsoft to be fresh
innovative anytime soon
we agreed to applause
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we have nearly doubled in size as the first microsoft keynote
csd not so frequently made in the most important business speaking
inducements in the world
and so tonight from the csd no stage high off of gratitude and goodwill
towards microsoft
in fact in one introduction of a recent microsoft keynote high compared
microsoft to the founding fathers of our nation
both were revolutionary changes of human history
now America has been blessed by both a vision of our founders and by being the
home of Microsoft
and i would be shocked if a microsoft leader does not return to the stage
again in the next few years
by presenting in the genome projects off the next phase of our greatly assisted
with Microsoft
Please join me in welcoming the sea
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STEVE BALLMER
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so this stuff
it highlights the history of microsoft insidious together
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but it still has some of the great moments in history
and this is for you promoters of
into the next phase of our relationship
was sitting back
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Ladies and gentlemen
is what you and your home
RYAN SEACREST
Hello, hello, hello. Thank you for that one scream over there.
I appreciate it. Welcome.
It is great to be here tonight.
I have partnered with Microsoft and Bing specifically for a number of years,
from Microsoft's phone, to Xbox to Kinect to Windows PCs,
I have partnered with Microsoft and Bing specifically for a number of years, from Microsoft's phone, to Xbox to Kinect to Windows PCs, I've truly always been impressed. And their recent innovations continue to surprise me.
They are a company with bold ambition, as you know, bringing together people,
information and entertainment in ways,
which, frankly, I never dreamed
was possible.
So, when the highly enthusiastic
Steve Ballmer asked me to be a part of their final CES keynote,
to be a part of their final CES keynote,
I obviously didn't hesitate.
I was thrilled to check it out myself, to see the latest and greatest innovations
first hand with all of you
this evening. So, tonight we'll do it a little
we'll do it a little
differently.
We'll try this
conversationally,
where we'll talk about what's happening
in the tech industry, where it's headed, what's next for Microsoft.
And we'll do that up here on the stage. It will be Steve,
me,
and a lot of Microsoft's latest gear.
So, let us bring out the man in charge, Steve Ballmer. Join us once again,
Steve, come on out.
Let's go.
Fire it up. It's good to see you.
STEVE BALLMER: It's good to be here.
Thanks for doing this. We're going to have, I think, a lot of fun tonight.
RYAN SEACREST: I need to raise my stool and raise my voice, let's go.
What can we expect? What should we be looking for this evening?
STEVE BALLMER: Tonight, I think we've got a really tremendous show, frankly.
We have a chance in the next year
to really raise
our game, our product line to the next level,
across phones, PCs, tablets, TV, the Xbox, and really the heart and soul of that will be our kind of featured attraction tonight,
our new Metro user interface. We kind of pioneered it over the last few years,
We kind of pioneered it over the last few years, but you'll see it tonight, fast, fluid, and dynamic across all the Microsoft experiences, and really helping people to connect directly to the people and information, music, friends that are most important to them. I think will be kind of impressed on how it lights everything up.
I like that. When you said Metro you looked at me in a strange way,
or I thought.
Is it the jacket, or the sweater, or the combination?
STEVE BALLMER: I was going to say
it's a new design and a new year, but you take it from there, for Microsoft and Ryan.
I'm your mascot.