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Scott was on hand to live-Tweet Wednesday's WPC keynote, which was basically a Kevin Turner pep rally. Check out the highlights below, and don't forget to follow Scott at @scottbekker and check out our WPC page here for all the latest WPC news.
#WPC12 day 3 keynotes underway— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
#WPC12 day 3 keynotes underway
Seen the new #MPN logo?Think Metro -- like everything Microsoft these days#wpc12 rcpmag.com/blogs/scott-be…— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Seen the new #MPN logo?Think Metro -- like everything Microsoft these days#wpc12 rcpmag.com/blogs/scott-be…
Roskill: 'This WPC feels different. The energy is really there. Everybody is excited about stepping into the cloud.' #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Roskill: 'This WPC feels different. The energy is really there. Everybody is excited about stepping into the cloud.' #wpc12
Microsoft partner incentives to increase by $250M in FY13 to $4.2B #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Microsoft partner incentives to increase by $250M in FY13 to $4.2B #wpc12
Turner FY12 recap: Cloud revenue grew more than 100% across 'most all' of our offerings #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Turner FY12 recap: Cloud revenue grew more than 100% across 'most all' of our offerings #wpc12
Turner says Hyper-V won share versus VMware -- no numbers #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Turner says Hyper-V won share versus VMware -- no numbers #wpc12
Turner shows an interesting graph comparing Microsoft's $9.48B R&D spend against competitors. Way higher. #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Turner shows an interesting graph comparing Microsoft's $9.48B R&D spend against competitors. Way higher. #wpc12
Kevin Turner sees 2012 to be the biggest #microsoft product launch year #wpc12— R Ray Wang (@rwang0) July 11, 2012
Kevin Turner sees 2012 to be the biggest #microsoft product launch year #wpc12
Turner tells partners to push SQL 'so we can rescue people from Oracle and IBM and others' #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Turner tells partners to push SQL 'so we can rescue people from Oracle and IBM and others' #wpc12
Kevin Turner announces April 8, 2014 b-day party for Windows XP. 'Then we're going to put it to sleep. May it rest in peace." #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Kevin Turner announces April 8, 2014 b-day party for Windows XP. 'Then we're going to put it to sleep. May it rest in peace." #wpc12
Turner just said no more security updates for XP, ostensibly after April 8. #WPC12— Andrew Brust (@andrewbrust) July 11, 2012
Turner just said no more security updates for XP, ostensibly after April 8. #WPC12
Microsoft's Turner: 'No one has a comprehensive cloud offering like we do.' #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Microsoft's Turner: 'No one has a comprehensive cloud offering like we do.' #wpc12
Turner to partners on cloud: 'Many of you haven't made the shift. The train is gone. Jump on.' #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Turner to partners on cloud: 'Many of you haven't made the shift. The train is gone. Jump on.' #wpc12
More Turner to partners on cloud: 'We need every single one of you with us' #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
More Turner to partners on cloud: 'We need every single one of you with us' #wpc12
MS COO Turner: Google is out there pitching our joint customers. Fortunately, they don't win much. #wpc12— Mary Jo Foley (@maryjofoley) July 11, 2012
MS COO Turner: Google is out there pitching our joint customers. Fortunately, they don't win much. #wpc12
Turner comes through on virt share: 'We've got almost 27 points of share. We're growing at over twice the rate of VMware.' #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Turner comes through on virt share: 'We've got almost 27 points of share. We're growing at over twice the rate of VMware.' #wpc12
Turner slide on 2011 security vulnerabilities. Oracle 497, Apple 360, Google 324, Microsoft 231 #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Turner slide on 2011 security vulnerabilities. Oracle 497, Apple 360, Google 324, Microsoft 231 #wpc12
Turner: 'We're going to replace another 3-5M Lotus Notes seats this year' #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Turner: 'We're going to replace another 3-5M Lotus Notes seats this year' #wpc12
Turner asks Siri what's the best smartphone ever? Siri pops up a Windows Phone. Turner: 'You can't make this stuff up.' #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Turner asks Siri what's the best smartphone ever? Siri pops up a Windows Phone. Turner: 'You can't make this stuff up.' #wpc12
Turner disputes Apple's talk of post-PC era: 'We believe Windows 8 is the new era for the PC+' #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Turner disputes Apple's talk of post-PC era: 'We believe Windows 8 is the new era for the PC+' #wpc12
Turner: 'We believe the reimagined Windows is game changer.' #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Turner: 'We believe the reimagined Windows is game changer.' #wpc12
Kevin Turner can really rev up a crowd. Fun to watch #wpc12— Scott Bekker (@scottbekker) July 11, 2012
Kevin Turner can really rev up a crowd. Fun to watch #wpc12
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