Microsoft is in a very unique position to be able to go spend Sony out of business. Sony is really the only other player who could compete with Game Pass and we have a 2 year and 10 million subs lead.
Matt Booty - June 2023
Because it's everybody's business.
(Microsoft)
Hi, my name is Bill Gates and I'll teach you how to count to ten:
1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships.
You can make something big when young that will carry you through life. Look at all the big startups like Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. They were all started by very young people who stumbled on something of unseen value. You'll know it when you hit a home run.
Facebook is in a very different place than Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, and Microsoft. We are trying to build a community.
Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It's a good thing we have museums to document that.
Bill Gates - am 1. Oktober 2004 (Rede im Museum für Computergeschichte)
We've truly reimagined windows.
Steve Ballmer (Microsoft CEO) - 25.10.2012, about Windows 8
Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.
Steve Ballmer (Microsoft CEO) - 2001
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It was one thing to use computers as a tool, quite another to let them do your thinking for you.
Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them.
Mister Spock in Star Trek - Season 2 Episode 24
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Droids are not good or bad. They are neutral reflections of those who imprint them.
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Pessimist: The glass is 1/2 empty.
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Pessimist: The glass is 1/2 empty.
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"What do you think about Excel?"
"I hate it."
"Okay, experienced user, then."
"I hate it."
"Okay, experienced user, then."
"My word is full of little boxes!"
"That is Excel, boss."
"That is Excel, boss."
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Word: "Seriously?! Here, I broke your document's format and put the image on page 21. Have fun!"
The secret to a beautiful and well structured Excel sheet is me never having touched it.
Me: "Excel - never again! There's nothing worse."
PowerPoint: "Hello there!"
PowerPoint: "Hello there!"
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Willow: "It's a search engine."
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Patrick Winslow in The Smurfs
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Gerald Broflovski: "Well that does it, I'm going to the police!"
Stan: "For what?"
Gerald Broflovski: "To find out where Apple is keeping my son."
Stan: "Dude, when the police want to know where somebody is, they ask Apple!"
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Matt Booty - June 2023
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(Tesla)
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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