He's presenting to a room full of journalists that aren't even sat facing him and are giving equal attention to the laptop screens in front of him. I don't think he gave a below-par speech in that context, and I certainly didn't see the animosity from the journalists that the tone of this article would imply.
I must say that the recent quality of Tom's journalism has been really disappointing me; it is becoming sensationalist and displaying very polarised opinions that don't really seem to match up much with reality... almost to the point of malice.
First I read a ridiculous article about Microsoft planning to use call a VOIP call recording patent for business applications to eavesdrop on peoples calls, and now we have Mark being criticised for not giving a dynamic stage performance at what is essentially a very intimate and short brief on recent developments at Facebook.
When you have journalists asking stupid questions like 'where is the potential revenue for skype' when about 15 minutes earlier they were told by the CEO that they're looking at bringing Skypes paid services to this platform, you really have to wonder if the collective intelligence deficit lies with two highly successful CEOs - or amongst the journalists themselves.
I must say that the recent quality of Tom's journalism has been really disappointing me; it is becoming sensationalist and displaying very polarised opinions that don't really seem to match up much with reality... almost to the point of malice.
First I read a ridiculous article about Microsoft planning to use call a VOIP call recording patent for business applications to eavesdrop on peoples calls, and now we have Mark being criticised for not giving a dynamic stage performance at what is essentially a very intimate and short brief on recent developments at Facebook.
When you have journalists asking stupid questions like 'where is the potential revenue for skype' when about 15 minutes earlier they were told by the CEO that they're looking at bringing Skypes paid services to this platform, you really have to wonder if the collective intelligence deficit lies with two highly successful CEOs - or amongst the journalists themselves.