“Today, we have our own concentrations of economic power. Instead of Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the Union Pacific Railroad, and J. P. Morgan and Company, we have Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft.” TodayCompanyEconomicStandardsUnionsOilApplesConcentrationGoogleSteelMicrosoftPacificAmazonRailroadsEconomic PowerStandard Oil Author:George Packer
“I think MySpace is doomed, I give them about two more years.... I think Facebook is the next Microsoft in both the bad and the good senses. That's an amazing company that is going to do a lot of good and bad things.” ThinkingGivingYearsTwoNextCompanySensesBad ThingsDoomedGood And BadMicrosoftGood Sense Author:Jimmy Wales
“If Apple has a flaw, it's the inability of the company to crush competition using the kind of aggressive tactics that companies like Microsoft and Intel have always applied.” IfsKindCompanyCompetitionApplesCrushFlawsAggressiveInabilityTacticsMicrosoft Author:John C. Dvorak
“Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.” WorldFirstsCompanyCloudsProductivityPlatformsMobileMicrosoft Author:Satya Nadella
“The fact is... our doors have not exactly been knocked down by companies willing to defend Microsofts business practices.” FactsCompanyPracticeDoorsWillingMicrosoftKnocked Down Author:Orrin Hatch
“Like IBM, the company [Microsoft] seems to have been spooked by the federal antitrust action against it and became increasingly sclerotic and less inventive.” Has BeensSeemsActionCompanyMicrosoftIbmAntitrust Author:Stephen Manes
“Microsoft is no longer thought of as the company where the smartest people want to work.” PeopleWantCompanyMicrosoft Author:Stephen Manes
“Microsoft is already the most powerful company on earth but you ain't seen nothing yet.” InspirationalEarthPowerfulCompanyMost PowerfulMicrosoft Author:Larry Ellison
“Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company” PeopleCompanyMicrosoftUnimportant Author:Bill Gates
“If we [Microsoft Corporation] weren't still hiring great people and pushing ahead at full speed, it would be easy to fall behind and become a mediocre company. Fear should guide you, but it should be latent. I have some latent fear. I consider failure on a regular basis.” PeopleIfsShouldStillsWould BeFallEasyBehindsCompanyBasesSpeedGuidesCorporationsPushingMediocreMicrosoftGreat PeopleHiringLatent Author:Bill Gates
“Microsoft has had many, many successful products. I'm committed to one company. This is the industry I've decided to work in.” CompanySuccessfulProductsIndustryDecidedCommittedMicrosoft Author:Bill Gates
“As an investor in small companies, I don't care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are.” CareOpportunityCompanyRichDon't CareI Don't CareInvestorsI CareMicrosoft Author:Esther Dyson
“One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they'll tell you, 'We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.'” PeopleNeedsCultureTermWalksCompanyOne ThingHallsFrontiersMicrosoftUsability Author:Bill Gates
“I have a company that is not Microsoft, called Corbis. Corbis is the operation that merged with Bettman Archives. It has nothing to do with Microsoft. It was intentionally done outside of Microsoft because Microsoft isn't interested.” DoneCompanyOperationsMicrosoftArchives Author:Bill Gates