Jim Allchin Quotes

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• I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told OEMs that if they were…
• We're obviously going to spend a lot in marketing because we think the product sells itself.
• There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it.
• Well, developers do want to touch a lot of customers. We have to make our platform very popular in order for them to do that.…
• I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft.
• We can build a better product than Linux,
• I continue to see a healthy PC market, very healthy. The machines will continue to morph; you'll see smaller machines that have more capability.
• Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer, I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the software business and the intellectual-property business.
• If you're going to kill someone there isn't much reason to get all worked up about it and angry - you just pull the trigger.…
• Apple really has no presence in business, and we think Vista's going to have a huge presence in business. We think we're going to help…
• I continue to see good growth in the mobile space; I expect to see PCs being the core driver in the home. And I mean…
• Today, the PC is often still considered just a tool, but together we need to make it a lot more than that. We need to…
• We are pushing ahead as fast as we can for all audiences, whether for the business user, the child, or the digital music enthusiast.
• We can and must turn this around. If you're going to kill someone just pull the trigger.

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