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Nov 2007
50m 30s

Over Two Decades at Microsoft - Larry Os...

SCOTT HANSELMAN
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Scott chats with Larry Osterman, the man who makes Windows go "ding", about his two-plus decades working for Microsoft. They chat about sound, Vista, Security and generally geek out. 
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