WPC Keynote: We know you’re scared but please stop whining

Here is the summary:

We’re following Google to the cloud. Forget about Software + Services, just cloud.

Apple pretty much owns us as we missed the whole iPhone, iPad but we’re following.

We have a lot of money, so if you follow us you’ll make a lot of money too.

We know you’re scared about changing your business.

Oh, and I’m sure I’ll hear about the channel conflicts, competition, margins, blah, blah, blah, blah.

That last part is pretty much a verbatim quote from Steve Ballmer’s closing.

Wow. Anyone remember a few years ago (WPC 2008, Houston) when I posted that picture of the new Microsoft Partner Program – it was an action shot and the partner seemed to be in a bit of a pain from the “interaction”;

Be honest… how far off was I?