ballmer's not a technical guy. he's really a business guy. >> rose: so why is steve ballmer still in his job? >> i think he's been give an lot of opportunity. and a lot of chance to make things work. you really don't want to rip the guy out of his position too quickly. the development period of technology... >> rose: ten years is not... >> ten years is starting to get... i mean, if you had like two years ago where david einhorn, who's... may have been a year ago, david einhorn, who's a big shareholder of microsoft was saying "it's time for ballmer to go." you have this new wave of products that's about to come out. windows 8, their next servers. xbox 720, you just had windows phone 7 coming out. maybe that will turn it around. >> rose: and these products are getting good reviews now. >> but they aren't selling. windows 7 is out. windows 7, great product. people who buy it love it. very well reviewed. but it's not selling. and i would say it's not selling because of that whole iphone cache. >> rose: on the other han

[applause] >> and to introduce our next panelist, i would like to welcome steve ballmer, senior bp -- vp. >> good morning and thank you. next up is governor hickel lipper -- hickenlooper. he is the serieaal a entreprener each of you have in your respective parts. he became very successful in the brew pub business. he never had a single election not even for stink -- a student council. governor? [applause] in keeping with the discussion, he is keen on innovation and things of that nature. i know that will come out. thank you, governor. >> are we all set? i am from the "mercury news," and we're here because we live in a global cloueconomy. it has altered local economies because so many manufacturing and technology jobs are moving, whether it is a matter of costs for going where the trained work force is. we're fortunate to have to governors here to talk about how that change affects their jobs and what they're doing to jump- start their economies which compete with one another. this could be fun. let me start with our guest. governor hickenlooper. i knew that was going to happen. most o

[applause] >> and to introduce our next panelist, i would like to welcome steve ballmer, senior bp -- vp. >> good morning and thank you. next up is governor hickel lipper -- hickenlooper. he is the serieaal

ceo steve ballmer in town for that. teaser says it's a product that many people use so we're thinking either skype or microsoft office. kind of lacks the same drama that an apple announcement has, but we'll stay on it. join us at 5:00 and 6:00 for full coverage of that. nokia cutting the price of its flagship lumia in half. it got great reviews a few months ago but it's not upgradable to the newest microsoft phone operating system due out this fall. speaking of apple, more rumors the company is working on an a ipad mini. this is an idea the late steve jobs didn't like. he said the current ipad was the perfect size. but a smaller, cheaper ipad would head off some competition from amazon's kindle. and in the latest news in crustaceans, the "wall street journal" reports lobster fi fishermen in maine did not leave the dock this morning in an attempt to drive up lobster prices. right now it sells at the dock for $1.25 a pound, less than hamburger, guys. >> let's get some lobster. >> i'm all in. maybe a good week to have a li

. >> steve ballmer. >> i may be in the minority. he's the ceo of microsoft. it would be amazing if we were using an iphone. >> that's true. >> would he walk around with it in a paper bag so it's not seen? >> yeah, the people insulting my blackberry. i don't know which brings more tears, r.i.m.'s chart or nokia's chart. >> but it's still too early to buy. groupon, nokia, research in motion -- it's still too early. we're clearly getting there. >> really? >> there will be a day? >> there will be a day. that day will come. >> is that the same day where we are going to have sangria and an italian dish -- >> that's going to be a big day. >> it's not today. >> we got an official announcement of a deal, $14.25, human genome is going to be acquired by glaxo. glaxo came unsolicited with an offer. they shared a number of drugs so it appeared difficult for another potential buyer to come in. hg was exploring other alternatives, trying to stiff-arm glaxo for a bit. but they got that deal done. $14.25 a share, plus cash. >> that plus par pharma. >> it's crazy out there. >>