I don't think anyone has done a [tablet] product that I see customers wanting. — 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 Image
I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think these things [social networks] are going to have some legs,and yet there's a faddishness, a faddish nature about anything that… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
There are other ways I think of myself as spoiling myself ... I ... get a massage once a week. Other people… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I don't think there is one size that fits all [] I've been to too many meetings with journalists who spent the… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think the biggest mistake most people make when they pick their first job is they don't worry enough about whether they'll… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I have lots of sources of information about what's going on at the company. I think I have a pretty good pulse… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up this company [Microsoft]. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
There's a huge crowd out there that basically will go nuts recommending to every coach on the planet, "Hey, coach, I've been… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I'm a shareholder in Microsoft Corp. of some size, and while I don't work for the place anymore, I think a lot… — 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
I meet with Satya [Nadella] what probably amounts to four or five times a year - either to brainstorm something or just… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
If I was in government and running government, I think I would use the government data, because I wouldn't know where else… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
In many ways I think the company's doing quite a good job. If you look at the transition to Office 365 we… — 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
In terms of the public positioning of the company, Satya's [Nadella] done a very good job. He sort of pivoted in a… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
The one thing that I think separates Microsoft from a lot of other people is we make bold bets. We're persistent about… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think there are lots of opportunities to improve the product. When you read the press, people say, "Oh, the product needs… — 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
Almost three years ago, when I retired, my wife and I were talking about our philanthropic work and how does one help… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
In general, I'm pretty busy with the other things I charted ... I bought a piece of a sports-tech company. We do… — 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
Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think… — 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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