[Hannah]: Dept of Corporate Statements that Shouldn't Need Making

In an interview before his speech Wednesday, [Microsoft Chief Executive Steven A.] Ballmer bristled at the suggestion that Windows Vista was a disappointment and that PC operating systems in general are becoming less relevant to consumers as more functions are being handled on the Internet. “I don’t worry about Windows being relevant,” he said. “It is highly popular and very important to the people who own Windows computers.”