At Microsoft’s annual analyst meeting, CEO emphasized the importance of attracting new talent and reminded investors that IT successes don’t happen overnight Microsoft’s CEO emphasized the importance of attracting talent and urged shareholders to be patient with the amount of time it might take the company to pursue its various business models, speaking during Microsoft’s annual financial analyst meeting on Thursday. “Vista doesn’t get done by three people in a garage in three days,” said Steve Ballmer. The company is making big bets, and some of them will take time to develop. “A great misconception in the tech industry is that most successes happen overnight,” he said. The two main areas that Microsoft aims to expand into are advertising and devices. While Microsoft once
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Microsoft’s largest World Partner Conference of the year is being held today through Thursday in Denver.The Denver Post on Monday received an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at pre-opening day events and some hot, new technology Microsoft will be showing off at this year’s conference. Among the new stuff is “Surface,” a table with one smart top that can morph into a gameboard, a restaurant menu, a canvas for virtual painting, a window to the Internet, a shopping guide or a jukebox — all with the touch of a finger. The conference is also a big scene for networking of the face-to-face kind. Colorful, contemporary lounges will be filled with 13,000 attendees from more than 130 countries who are eager to build new partnerships that help them