The next stop on the Farewell Steve tour takes up to Windows XP. The Verge reports that Steve Ballmer, who attended Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI before he moved on, had an hour-long town hall in the Microsoft (MSFT) HQ in Redmond to bid the MSFT worker bees adieu. At one point The Verge says an emotional Ballmer paused to “enjoy this for a minute,” with tears visibly streaming down his face. He told the audience “You work for the greatest company in the world, soak it in.”
Here is another chance to enjoy the moment in an ad with Steve Ballmer and Brian Valentine in a Crazy Eddie spoof hawking Windows XP. If you listen closely at about 1:40, it sounds like Valentine even says Windows XP is secure!
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