"He was always willing to run losses foraconsiderableperiod when others would have given up, " says Virgin cofounder Nik Powell, who's now a movie producer.
Mr Salmond told the gathering that historically Scotland had always grasped the importance of internationalism because as a nation "we have been used to sharing sovereignty, in one form or another, foraconsiderableperiod of time".
It took aconsiderableperiod of time for the final to come to life, with neither side able to make much of an impression on the other's goal in the opening 20 minutes.