Ballmer: no recession & Binghoo still possible

Mon 29 June 2009 09:47, Bas van den Beld

Who thought that with the launch of Bing the soap opera between Microsoft and Yahoo would have ended was wrong. Last week in Cannes, France, Microsoft's boss Steve Ballmer opened the doors to a partnership with Yahoo once again.

Ballmer spoke in France during the Cannes Lions, the international advertising festival. He was voted Media Person of the Year. At the festival he stated ""We remain open to a partnership with Yahoo".

When asked if the deal could be sealed within the next year Ballmer resonded "Who knows". It's a small opening that Ballmer created again, but still it is an opening.

The Yahoo-statement was only a small part of what Ballmer had to say in Cannes. He made some other pretty remarkable statements. Ballmer for example doesn't believe we are in a recession, he believes we have a 'reset': "I don't assume there is a recovery. I think we reset to a lower level and the world economy will grow again from this reset level."

He also believes traditional media will dissapear within 10 years. He says newspaper publishers have failed to grasp the opportunities presented by digital media: "There won't be newspapers, magazines and TV programs. There won't be personal, social communications offline and separate. In 10 years it will all be online. Static content won't cut it in the future,"

Below the acceptance speech Ballmer gave at Cannes Lions.

<Our weekend reading list - June ...

Don't Mind Me, I Was Just Bored ...>

Comments (1)

- Dudibob
Quite a brave claim that only online sources will remain in 10 years time. TV programs will continue for a long time for sure. but tbh, major newspapers could disappear in that time

Ma 29 jun 2009, 11:33

Comment

Three more effective but less of...

Thu 18 Mar 2010, Stijn De Meyere

0 comments

Three more effective but less often used traffic sources

Yesterday I summed up two effective traffic sources that are often forgotten: Google Image Search and well-ranked YouTube Videos. But of course those are not the only ...... read more

Partnership between Yahoo and Tw...

Thu 25 Feb 2010, Editors

0 comments

Partnership between Yahoo and Twitter includes Yahoo! Search

Yahoo, the arch rival of Google is all set to make its website and search more compelling. Yahoo will now show a wider range of Twitter updates in its search results. ...... read more

New agreement with Facebook coul...

Tue 16 Feb 2010, Editors

0 comments

New agreement with Facebook could be turning point for Bing

End of last week Facebook renegotiated its agreement with Microsoft. One of the consequences is that Facebook will take care of its own display ad business but the big...... read more

Internet Explorer 6: to support,...

Tue 9 Feb 2010, Dennis Sievers

1 comment

Internet Explorer 6: to support, or not to support?

As we all probably know by now, Google is about to kick Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 to the curbs. Following a whole bunch of other companies, Google’s ...... read more