Ballmer comes out swinging on licensing, security issues

摘要

Toronto-Microsoft president and CEO Steve Ballmer said Canadian IT professionals told him loud and clear they want to see more simplicity the next time the company makes changes to its software licensing programs. Ballmer visited Toronto recently as part of Can>Win 2004, a business conference co-hosted by Microsoft on Feb. 26. Part of his agenda involved a speech at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, where Ballmer said a question from the audience con-cerning licensing headaches drew huge cheers from the audi-ence.