I don't think anyone has done a [tablet] product that I see customers wanting. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I would love to see all open-source innovation happen on top of Windows. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
There's a lot of Google fascination out there and we share it, and we're going to compete, we're going to compete very,… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I want people to understand the amazing, positive way our software can make leisure time more enjoyable, and work and businesses more… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Whatever device you use, Windows will be there. Windows will be everywhere on every device without compromise. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Our industry is going through quite a wave of innovation and it's being powered by a phenomenon which is referred to as… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
There is such an overvaluation of technology stocks that it is absurd. I would include our stock in that category. It is… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Throughout our history, Microsoft has won by making big, bold bets. I believe that now is not the time to scale back… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Not only because the product wasn't a great product, but remember it took us five or six years to ship it. Then… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
The lifeblood of our business is that R&D spend. There's nothing that flows through a pipe or down a wire or anything… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Let's face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the iPhone. That's why they've got… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
All the consumer market mojo is with Apple and to a lesser extent BlackBerry. And yet, the real market momentum with operators… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
In a sense technology is a tool of sort of individual choice, individual creativity, individual empowerment, individual access. My kids will never… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
[Apple and RIM] are probably restricted, in some sense, to a certain maximum. ... If you want to reach more people than… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I love the fact that Satya Nadella's checked the checkbox for cross-platform for a number of our services. I still think it's… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
From a client perspective, I really think the work Microsoft's doing with Surface, with HoloLens, with Xbox, that stuff's absolutely essential to… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
When you take a look at the transition from server software to Azure, what's going on in terms of cloud infrastructure, the… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
We'll get a chance to go through this [Apple versus Microsoft debate] again in phones and music players. There's no chance that… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
You don't need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone. I think you do to use an Android phone, — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I want to express my deepest condolences at the passing of Steve Jobs, one of the founders of our industry and a… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Accessible design is good design - it benefits people who don't have disabilities as well as people who do. Accessibility is all… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of self-improvement. I know we can continue to… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
You can have an Apple in the phone business, or a RIM, and they can do very well, but when 1.3 billion… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think PCs are going to continue to shift in form factor. The real question is: What's a PC? — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
There's a lot of Google fascination out there and we share it, and we're going to compete, we're going to compete very, very hard. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
I’d like to own Microsoft shares until I either give something to charity or I die. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
Every NBA arena has six cameras in the ceiling. The question is what does the software do with video feeds? How to surface that… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
I think there are lots of opportunities to improve the product. When you read the press, people say, "Oh, the product needs improvement." I… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
The way I do things I usually always prefer to have a very clear strategy and be very focused. At the same time to… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
At Microsoft I had many years of experience and history and seeing connections. With my direct reports, the job at Microsoft was to delegate… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
[Apple and RIM] are probably restricted, in some sense, to a certain maximum. ... If you want to reach more people than that, you… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
This is all about having great leaders who can drive agile innovation and agile decision-making. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
I think the biggest mistake most people make when they pick their first job is they don't worry enough about whether they'll love the… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
I don't think there is one size that fits all [] I've been to too many meetings with journalists who spent the first 10… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
In many ways I think the company's doing quite a good job. If you look at the transition to Office 365 we started when… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
The lifeblood of our business is that R&D spend. There's nothing that flows through a pipe or down a wire or anything else. We… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into the company.… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share
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