Microsoft Quotes

“I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products.”

“Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to everybody is the 'most reliable Windows ever.' To me, this is like saying that asparagus is 'the most articulate vegetable ever.'”

“Something like Windows is still an unbelievable asset but because the world is somewhat phone-centric, it's an asset that has to be managed very carefully to make sure that it's extended, and there are very interesting things that are being done with that.”

“I'm never fully satisfied with any Microsoft product.”

“Microsoft is always two years away from failure.”

“Microsoft has some assets like Office that have stayed strong and there's so much room for innovation in those.”

“I am not topper in my university but all toppers are working in my microsoft company.”

“Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision.”

“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.”

“There is competition, .. Can any Microsoft endure future competition without innovation? The answer is no. We've got to keep changing.”

“At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.”

“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.'”

“Microsoft looks at new ideas, they don't evaluate whether the idea will move the industry forward, they ask, 'how will it help us sell more copies of Windows?”

“When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the impact it could have.”