Making money Quote by Linus Torvalds

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

Microsoft does not dominate the software industry by any stretch of the imagination. We have lots of very able competitors who keep us constantly…

— Bill Gates

As an investor in small companies, I don't care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are.

— Esther Dyson

It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps and operating…

— Mitch Kapor

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

— Ted Waitt

Look back to the old days: people bought an MS DOS machine and struggled with it for weeks to bring it up to speed.…

— Guy Kawasaki

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

I can't say that I like MicroSoft: I think they make rather bad operating systems - Windows NT is just more of the same…

— Linus Torvalds

Microsoft certainly makes products for the Macintosh.

— Melinda Gates

I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products.

— Steve Jobs

Microsoft has had many, many successful products. I'm committed to one company. This is the industry I've decided to work in.

— Bill Gates

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

— Linus Torvalds