Steve Ballmer

“I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft.”

“Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards.”

“Our mail product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally.”

“In the case of music, Apple got out early. They were the first to really recognize that you couldn't just think about the device and all the pieces separately. Bravo.”

“Our company has to be a company that enables its people.”

“As a businessman, if you ask me what I'm proud of, I'm proud of the fact that I made $250 billion under my watch as CEO.”

“Apple is a failure because they missed social? Nobody would say that, because they are having great success.”

“If you look at companies with upside potential, Twitter's right there. They've established a brand in a world where it's extremely difficult to establish a brand. It's a global brand, people recognize it, people want to let you know what their Twitter handles are, etc.”

“גוגל זו לא חברה אמיתית, זה בניין קלפים”

“DRM זה העתיד”

“אני עשיתי לילדים שלי שטיפת מוח: אתם לא משתמשים בגוגל, ואתם לא משתמשים באייפוד”

“לינוקס זה סרטן אשר מדביק את עצמו במובן הקניין הרוחני לכל דבר שהוא נוגע בו”

“אני הולך לקבור את האיש הזה, אני עשיתי את זה לפני, ואני אעשה את זה שוב... אני הולך להרוג את גוגל”

“Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers.”

“The NBA has made it clear they want fan bases to be able to keep their teams.”

“Accessible design is good design.”

“Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have.”

“The truth is that you can't really tell how anybody's doing in the tech business for at least five or 10 years.”

“I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.”

“What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?'”