Steve Ballmer
is the present Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the giant software company
Microsoft. He was in charge during Microsoft’s big rise in the PC market and
obviously during Microsoft’s struggles to gain ground in the mobile devices
market.
He is to step
down as Microsoft’s CEO in the next 12 months as the company seeks another man
in the helm of affairs who will lead the innovations it badly needs at the
moment.
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| Steve Ballmer |
Some of his
quotes have been chosen for our quotes for this week but I have to warn you,
some of them may not be considered inspirational.
“Great
companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.”
“My
children- in many dimensions they’re as poorly behaved as many other children,
but at least on this dimension I’ve got my kids brainwashed: You don’t use
Google, and you don’t use an iPod.”
“I think
it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break
up Microsoft.”
“Google is
not a real company. It’s a house of cards.”
“Linux is
a cancer that attaches in an intellectual property sense to everything it
touches.”
“Our
people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in
every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact
of any company in the world.”
“You don’t
need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone. I think you do to use
an Android phone … it is hard for me to be excited about the Android phones.”
(in 2011)
“There’s
no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No
chance. It’s a $500 subsidized item.” (in 2007)
Do have a great week everyone.
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Quotes for the week: Steve Ballmer (1956- )