Steve Balmer citáty
Steve Balmer
Datum narození: 24. březen 1956
Steven Anthony Ballmer je americký manažer. Od ledna 2000 do února 2014 byl výkonným ředitelem společnosti Microsoft.
Narodil se v Detroitu, jeho matka je židovského původu a jeho otec švýcarský imigrant. Po Robertu Goizuetovi se stal druhým miliardářem[kdy?] na základě akciových opcí, které obdržel jako zaměstnanec společnosti, v níž nebyl zakladatelem ani příbuzným zakladatele. Podle magazínu Forbes se řadí mezi nejbohatší lidi světa, když obsadil 43. místo s celkovým majetkem 15,0 miliard USD. Je znám svojí vášní při vyjadřování svého nadšení.
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americký obchodníkCitáty Steve Balmer
„[Apple and RIM] are probably restricted, in some sense, to a certain maximum. … If you want to reach more people than that, you sort-of have to separate the hardware and the software issue.“
— Steve Ballmer
Worth Watching: Steve Ballmer in the heart of Silicon Valley http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=308&tag=rbxccnbzd1 in ZDNet (26 September 2008)
„Linux is not in the public domain. Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. That's the way that the license works.“
— Steve Ballmer
" Microsoft CEO takes launch break with the Sun-Times https://web.archive.org/web/20011108013601/http://www.suntimes.com/output/tech/cst-fin-micro01.html" (1 June 2001) Chicago Sun Times
„Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I'm going to fucking bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to fucking kill Google.“
— Steve Ballmer
Attributed by Mark Lucovsky in court documents.
In a statement, Ballmer described Lucovsky's recollection as a "gross exaggeration. Mark's decision to leave was disappointing and I urged him strongly to change his mind. But his characterization of that meeting is not accurate."
„We are in the Windows era — we were, we are, and we always will be.“
— Steve Ballmer
Ballmer: We Will ALWAYS Be In The Windows Era http://businessinsider.com/ballmer-shareholders-meeting-2011-11 in Business Insider (15 November 2011)
„Let's face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the iPhone. That's why they've got 75,000 applications — they're all trying to make the Internet look decent on the iPhone.“
— Steve Ballmer
Ballmer: "The Internet Was Designed For The PC. The Internet Is Not Designed For The iPhone" http://businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-ballmer-the-internet-was-designed-for-the-pc-the-internet-is-not-designed-for-the-iphone-2009-10 in Business Insider (21 October 2009)
„You can have an Apple in the phone business, or a RIM, and they can do very well, but when 1.3 billion phones a year are all smart, the software that's gonna be most popular in those phones is gonna be software that's sold by somebody who doesn't make their own phones.“
— Steve Ballmer
TechCrunch Interview With Steve Ballmer http://youtube.com/watch?v=1OpRQMRa270 in YouTube (24 September 2009)
„Whatever device you use... Windows will be there. … Windows will be everywhere on every device without compromise.“
— Steve Ballmer
Live from Microsoft's CES 2011 keynote http://engadget.com/2011/01/05/live-from-microsofts-ces-2011-keynote in Engadget (5 January 2011)
„Not the consumer cloud. Not hardware-software innovation. We are not leaving any of that to Apple by itself. Not going to happen. Not on our watch.“
— Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer says Microsoft plans to compete with Apple in every market http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/07/10/steve_ballmer_says_microsoft_plans_to_compete_with_apple_in_every_market in AppleInsider (10 July 2012)
