Application Quote by John C. Dvorak

I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux…

— Linus Torvalds

“Once Microsoft lost its grip on developers, it became only a matter of time before it lost its monopoly on operating systems.”

— Ben Horowitz

With all due respect to Microsoft and Intel, there is no substitute for being in the right place at the right time.

— Andy Grove

Intel's a great company, and Microsoft is a great company. Everybody seems to do a lot better when there is competition.

— Ted Waitt

The real threat to Linux adoption is Apple, not Microsoft. If you didn't know, now you know.

— Ryan C. Gordon

If you invest in Microsoft or Oracle, or a number of other companies for that matter, you're fundamentally making a bet that there's going…

— Peter Thiel

It's like when IBM drove a lot of innovation out of the computer industry before the microprocessor came along. Eventually, Microsoft will crumble because…

— Steve Jobs

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

— Linus Torvalds

Microsoft is a big intellectual roach motel. All the big minds go in, and they don't come out.

— Paul Saffo

There's nothing more frustrating than seeing cynics sit there and say, 'Well, nobody can make any more money because Microsoft and Intel own everything.'…

— Michael J. Saylor

A big part of the success of Microsoft was that every year, the chips our software ran on got faster and cheaper. They doubled…

— Paul Allen

We expect a horse race, ... The reality is that competition drives all innovation. Intel did nothing with its 386 chip for five years…

— Lou Dobbs