This ought to be interesting. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer and Cisco Systems’s chairman and CEO John Chambers will have a nice sit down to discuss the future of the technology industry. This discussion will include, according to the companies, their “their shared vision” for customers.
PBS television journalist Charlie Rose will be the moderator
When: Monday, Aug. 20, 2007
7–8:30 a.m. PDT
How to View: Visit https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/MSFTCisco and https://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/index.html to view.
So, if you were the moderator, what would you ask these two?
Some ideas …
- How will Web 2.0 change the Internet?
- Both of you have moved your companies into consumer markets with set-top boxes and gadgets. Why should consumers buy their techno toys from a software company and a router company instead of Sony and GE?
- How will open source change the Internet?
- What is the Next Big Thing and what makes you think so?
