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Ballmer: Too much fine print in Microsoft licences
Blog Microsoft could do more to simplify its software licensing, according to the company's chief executive Steve Ballmer. Silicon.com has the full story on what Steve Ballmer said on software licensing. Speaking at a Windows 7 event in London on Monday...
[October 9, 2009, 14:41]
Ballmer forecasts $6bn profit jump
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says the company has the potential to grow its profits quite a bit in the next four years -- possibly by $6bn (£3.3bn). Ballmer said he focuses on operating income -- a measure that excludes investment income.
[July 30, 2004, 8:55]
Ballmer and McNealy play buddies
News Ballmer: Yes. In an interview in San Francisco with ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer and Sun chief executive Scott McNealy talked about the deal, what it means for competitors, whether Scott will stop...
[April 5, 2004, 11:25]
Ballmer describes the 'new normal'
Blog Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Monday sent one of his periodic public emails, outlining the business realities of what he called "the new normal", Ina Fried of CNET News.com reports. From: Steve Ballmer
[September 29, 2009, 14:12]
Ballmer cites 'facts' in Microsoft's battle against Linux
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has used the software giant's latest executive email to stoke up Microsoft's fight against the rise of Linux. In it, Ballmer repeated the key themes of Microsoft's Get The Facts campaign.
[October 27, 2004, 17:20]
Ballmer unfazed by Google Chrome OS
News Addressing Google's Chrome OS, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday that the move leaves its rival with dual operating systems, something Microsoft learned the hard way is not a good idea.
[July 16, 2009, 10:39]
Ballmer issues employee call to action
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer called on employees to take more responsibility for leading the high-tech industry and reshaping the software maker's image. In a memo sent on Thursday, Ballmer called on Microsoft's 50,000 employees...
[June 7, 2002, 16:49]
Ballmer: Don't stifle innovation
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer vowed to fight the European Commission's antitrust ruling, arguing that all companies, even ones with a near monopoly, have a right to improve their products. Ballmer's comments follow a decision by the...
[March 25, 2004, 7:35]
Ballmer: Make computing easier
News During his opening keynote, which kicked off this year's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft President Steve Ballmer entreated hardware developers to renew their vision of the way computing devices should look and act...
[April 8, 1999, 9:33]
Ballmer claims Microsoft is thinking green
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has claimed that more efficient use of IT is one of the company's main priorities for the future despite the fact the company has been widely criticised for producing processor-hungry software.
[March 5, 2008, 14:31]
Ballmer's attack on open source boosts Linux, say OSIA
News In a brief riposte to Ballmer's detailed executive e-mail to clients entitled Customer Focus: Comparing Windows with Linux and Unix, Open Source Industry Australia director Con Zymaris said "although it is quite clear that Steve greatly...
[November 1, 2004, 12:59]
Ballmer on snacks and software
News What's important to Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer? About 20 percent of the bugs cause 80 percent of all errors, and -- this is stunning to me -- 1 percent of bugs cause half of all errors," Ballmer revealed.
[October 3, 2002, 7:53]
Ballmer: Beating Google on search will take time
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said his company may be the only one with a chance to rival Google in search over the long term, but acknowledged that it will take several more years and a whole lot of money.
[September 26, 2008, 8:23]
Ballmer wants $100 PCs to combat piracy
News What's one of Steve Ballmer's biggest headaches? Ballmer also defended a comment made earlier this year by Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman, who said security will not be an issue in three years. Until government and situational factors reduce...
[October 21, 2004, 12:05]
Ballmer: Windows will come under attack
News Kicking off a financial analyst meeting on Thursday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer addressed the threats to Microsoft's biggest economic engine, its Windows business. In addition to the usual issues of piracy, emerging markets and...
[July 31, 2009, 14:52]
Ballmer defends Microsoft's security record
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Tuesday defended his company's efforts to secure its software and fend off open-source rivals. Ballmer, speaking at an industry conference that market-research firm Gartner sponsored, acknowledged that the...
[October 22, 2003, 9:10]
Ballmer gets it wrong in hardware blame game
Talkback Does Ballmer think it costs as little to produce each hardware component as it does to produce a copy of Windows? This is hilarious. Let me open his eyes. Production time and assembly workers have to go into hardware production.
[October 25, 2004, 10:49]
Ballmer memo on where Microsoft is headed
Blog Full text of a memo Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent out this message to the rank and file yesterday, after the announcement that Windows and online chief Kevin Johnson was leaving. From: Steve Ballmer
[July 25, 2008, 12:41]
Ballmer says Yahoo bid makes sense as is
News Microsoft still considers its takeover offer for Yahoo, currently valued at about $40.9bn (£20.6bn), to be reasonable despite Yahoo's rejection of the bid, Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer said.
[March 4, 2008, 7:33]
Ballmer: We'll meet antitrust guidelines
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday that the software giant was "dedicated from the top down" to meeting settlement guidelines from a federal antitrust ruling against the company. Ballmer's speech marked the first public remarks...
[November 13, 2002, 7:53]
