At Microsoft, we're investing heavily in security because we want customers to be able to trust their computing experiences, so they can… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I want to make sure (a user) can't get through ... an online experience without hitting a Microsoft ad. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Any idea that turns out to be truly great can be harvested for tens of years. On the other hand, if you… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I'm not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything. People want to blog for a variety… — 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
[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 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
I loved every minute of my time at Microsoft, but I had always envisioned having another phase of life just because I… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Every NBA arena has six cameras in the ceiling. The question is what does the software do with video feeds? How to… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Everyone likes to differentiate between business and consumers but I don't see the difference really. Most people are people. I get personal… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
If you look at companies with upside potential, Twitter's right there. They've established a brand in a world where it's extremely difficult… — 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
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
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
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 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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