Microsoft Quotes - page 8

The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must focus clearly, move faster, and continue to transform. (Satya Nadella)
Microsoft loves Linux. View quote
Satya Nadella
I want everyone inside of Microsoft to take that responsibility. This is not about top-line growth. This is not about bottom-line growth. This is about us individually having a growth mindset. View quote
Satya Nadella
The unique value that Microsoft can add is around productivity and platforms. Productivity is broadly something we can uniquely do. View quote
Satya Nadella
To me, Microsoft is about empowerment... we are the original democratizing force, putting a PC in every home and every desk. View quote
Satya Nadella
Bottom line, we will continue to innovate and grow our fan base with Xbox while also creating additive business value for Microsoft. View quote
Satya Nadella
If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows, ... This is not innovation. This is the end of innovation. View quote
Larry Ellison
At every turn, skeptical observers have attacked the idea that pooling our cognitive surplus could work to create anything worthwhile, or suggested that if it does work, it is a kind of cheating, because sharing at a scale that competes with older institutions is somehow wrong. Steve Ballmer of Microsoft denounced the shared production of software as communism. Robert McHenry, a former editor in chief of Encyclopedia Britannica, likened Wikipedia to a public rest room. Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur, compared bloggers to monkeys. These complaints, self-interested though they were, echoed more broadly held beliefs. Shared, unmanaged effort might be fine for picnics and bowling leagues, but serious work is done for money, by people who work in proper organizations, with managers directing their work. View quote
Clay Shirky
Microsoft is, I think, fundamentally an evil company. - MSBC | Anti-Microsoft Quote Database. View quote
James H. Clark
It's top of the range.” She pats the other side of the rack, as if to make sure it's still there: "This baby's got sixteen embedded blade servers from HP running the latest from Microsoft Federal Systems division and supporting a TLA Enterprise Non-Stop Transactional Intelligence™ middle-ware cluster‡ connected to the corporate extranet via a leased Intelsat pipe. View quote
Charles Stross
I've told this story to lots of people and they just won't get it. All they want to get is that IBM showed up and Gary was off flying his aeroplane. The problem is that this is very wrong.... The real issue wasn't that Gary refused to talk to IBM. The real issue was that Microsoft had a much better vision for the business. Gary was very laid-back. He did not care that much. (Gary Kildall)