Steve Ballmer

I think PCs are going to continue to shift in form factor. The real question is: What's a PC?

— Steve Ballmer

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

I’d like to own Microsoft shares until I either give something to charity or I die.

— Steve Ballmer

Every NBA arena has six cameras in the ceiling. The question is what does the software do with video feeds? How to…

— Steve Ballmer

I think there are lots of opportunities to improve the product. When you read the press, people say, "Oh, the product needs…

— Steve Ballmer

The way I do things I usually always prefer to have a very clear strategy and be very focused. At the same…

— Steve Ballmer

Accessible design is good design.

— Steve Ballmer

At Microsoft I had many years of experience and history and seeing connections. With my direct reports, the job at Microsoft was…

— Steve Ballmer

[Apple and RIM] are probably restricted, in some sense, to a certain maximum. ... If you want to reach more people than…

— Steve Ballmer

This is all about having great leaders who can drive agile innovation and agile decision-making.

— Steve Ballmer

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

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

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

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

Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into…

— Steve Ballmer

I have four words for you: I love this company, yeah!

— Steve Ballmer

We're going to think big, we're going to bet big.

— Steve Ballmer

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

I loved every minute of my time at Microsoft, but I had always envisioned having another phase of life just because I…

— Steve Ballmer

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.

— Steve Ballmer

A plane is a guilty pleasure. I have one. It's a great luxury. I appreciate it. I couldn't do what I do.…

— Steve Ballmer

It actually turns out to be much harder to really understand government across state local and federal.

— Steve Ballmer

The most common format of music on an iPod is 'stolen.'

— Steve Ballmer

My children - in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least on this dimension I've got…

— Steve Ballmer

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