Steve Ballmer Quotes
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Linux is not in the public domain. Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. That's the way that the license works.
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So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of self-improvement. I know we can continue to improve. There is no issue. But at the same time, our absolute level of output is fantastic.
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Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that.
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Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world.
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Whatever device you use... Windows will be there. … Windows will be everywhere on every device without compromise.
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We are in the Windows era — we were, we are, and we always will be.
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Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards.
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One capability every business is expected to have is the capability to make money. It requires a certain kind of discipline, a certain kind of mindset.
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The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.
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I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft.
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Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.
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Diversity of form factor matters, and not compromising either form factor. You need diversity of price point. That's quite important.