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2 Jun 2025 Acquired The Steve Ballmer Interview
“Energizer, Energizer. I think Energizer could have been Bill’s idea, not mine. Pretty sure it was Bill’s idea, not mine.”
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- The Steve Ballmer Interview
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…What about Azure? Were you aligned? Bill was fine with Azure. The cloud Bill and I had agreed on in the 90s. Energizer, Energizer. I think Energizer could have been Bill’s idea, not mine. Pretty sure it was Bill’s idea, not mine. I executed, but Bill’s idea, not mine. But we never hit it. There were places there should have been more contention. Maybe even during the late 90s. I don’t know. But there were certainly places where there should have been more contention. My gut, these are the smart technical guys, Bill, and I’m trusting… Vista.…
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