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CIOs debate software industry consolidation
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Ballmer looks out at the next 5 years
At a Churchill Club event in Santa Clara, Calif., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells moderator Roger McNamee of Elevation Partners there will be no overnight transformations but that his company is persistent and will offer healthy competition in the ad space. When asked about whether there is anything about Google that makes him think they're nuts, he says "yes".
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