126 Microsoft Quotes for You to Enjoy

I think the idealism has always been marketing. Even back in the early days of Apple and the 'pirate' mentality, they were building a computer that they wanted to differentiate from IBM and Microsoft. Brad Stone

Building Think Back Marketing Mentality Computer Idealism Days Always Were Been Pirate Microsoft Wanted Even Apple Differentiate Early Early Days

There's an entire flight simulator hidden in every copy of Microsoft Excel 97. Bruce Schneier

Every Hidden Entire Excel Microsoft Flight Copy

I think we compete with lots of different players in different areas. So clearly, in our core business, which is search, Microsoft and Yahoo! are the big players, and they continue to compete. There are a lot of smaller search engines as well. David Drummond

Microsoft could help Facebook with one of the biggest challenges, namely monetizing its traffic without reducing the user's experience. It's obvious that Microsoft needs traffic and Facebook needs search. David Einhorn

Needs Challenges Facebook Experience Could Namely Obvious Without Reducing Traffic Microsoft Biggest Biggest Challenges Help User Search

There's more at risk in what happens in Microsoft than I could ever bet on a poker table. David Einhorn

Table Bet Risk More Could Poker Than Microsoft Happens Ever

The reason why Apple computers have worked so well over time is that, unlike Microsoft, they don't bend over backward to be compatible with every piece of hardware or software in the digital universe. To code or create for Apple, you follow Apple's rules. If you're even allowed to. Douglas Rushkoff

Time You Digital Every Universe Bend Software Unlike Rules Backward Follow Computers Allowed Over Piece Well Microsoft Worked Create Reason Even Code Why Apple Compatible Hardware

The United States ran the table on Internet innovations, creating companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Intel, Apple, Cisco, Twitter, Amazon, eBay, YouTube, and others. Europe and Japan scarcely contributed. Edward Conard

Entrepreneurs always pitch their idea as 'the X of Y', so this is going to be 'the Microsoft of food.' And yet disruptive innovations usually don't have that character. Most of the time, if something seems like a good idea, it probably isn't. Eric Ries

Time Good Food Character Innovations Seems Something Entrepreneurs Idea Like Most Always Pitch Going Microsoft Disruptive Good Idea

Jazz musicians don't make any money, so I might as well make some on the market. I pick my own stocks - Microsoft, Dell - the tech stocks, the breadwinners. Jason Moran

Musicians Money Own Jazz Market Some My Own Pick Dell Well Make Stocks Any Microsoft Might Jazz Musicians Tech

Microsoft first entered the living room with Ultimate TV way back in 2000 - a year before Apple's first iPod was announced. Ultimate TV offered consumers a DVR and supporting online services, including 14 days of programming and the ability to record 35 hours of programming. Microsoft's reach was then thwarted when Echostar acquired DIRECTV. Jay Samit

First Year Before Living Programming Back Way Entered TV Ability Record Online Consumers Supporting Thwarted Announced Days Reach Hours Ultimate iPod Offered Microsoft Room Acquired Then Including Apple Living Room Services

Microsoft wasn't born as an enterprise company. We have always been growing with end users in mind. Jean-Philippe Courtois

Mind Enterprise Born Always Been End Microsoft Users Company Growing

Companies such as Microsoft, Cisco and Intel were just starting at their 10-year anniversary. Jerry Yang

Anniversary Were Intel Microsoft Just Companies Starting

I think they should separate Microsoft's application group from its operating system group. Jim Barksdale

Group Think System Operating Operating System Microsoft Separate Should Application

Microsoft was not a mysterious, strange entity. You put your PC on and there's an ad for them. Jim Cramer

You Strange Entity Mysterious Put Microsoft Them Your Ad

The industry has to learn how to do CEO succession well. If your definition of success is Intel or Microsoft or HP or IBM, that's not a good track record, and yet they are the most successful ones. John T. Chambers

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Well we have a good working relationship with Microsoft at the development level. But let's not kid ourselves, this is a company with enormous resources and talented people, and there is a certain pride that comes along with that for them and for us. John W. Thompson

Technology ventures can succeed with very little investment, unlike many other industries. A lot of the big Internet players like Google or Yahoo were started by a couple of guys with computers. Microsoft was started in Bill Gates' garage. Jonathan Raymond

Technology Internet Google Big Other Unlike Guys Computers Investment Like Couple Industries Ventures Yahoo Were Lot Very Microsoft Little Succeed Bill Bill Gates Many Garage Players Started Gates

IBM has research and development; so do Microsoft and Nike and even Jose Andres. But there hasn't been enough R&D on feeding people in the Third World. This has to be part of the process; if not, we'll keep throwing money at the problem instead of investing in true solutions. Jose Andres

If a startup stays in Microsoft, it does not have a chance, because all it tries to do goes against what Microsoft is about. Leroy Hood

Startup Tries Stays About Because Does Goes Microsoft Against Chance

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