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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 targets Linux as top threat
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer identified Linux and open-source software as key competitive challenges to the company in a memo sent to all employees on Wednesday. In this environment of lean (information technology) budgets and concerns...
[June 5, 2003, 8:10]
Ballmer has $12bn of MSFT stock to sell
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer plans to sell some of his company's shares for the first time since 1991. The pending sale is part of Ballmer's effort to diversify his personal holdings, said Microsoft, which noted that he owned about 471...
[May 27, 2003, 9:51]
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: Microsoft 'hell-bent' on success in ads
News Hefty investments in online services and consumer electronics will let Microsoft maintain its historically rapid growth rate, chief executive Steve Ballmer told financial analysts on Thursday. The largest software company is hosting its Financial...
[July 27, 2007, 8:03]
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 'vowed to kill Google'
Talkback A word of advice to bully boy Ballmer "SHUT YOUR FREAKIN MOUTH " you aint worth the price of a piece of USED toilet paper ( and for those out there that lack the brain to work this one out then use a piece of toilet paper for it's designed use...
[September 5, 2005, 21:42]
'Attacks threaten innovation' - Ballmer
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer warned on Monday that recent security vulnerabilities represent a "new and growing challenge to innovation" and conceded that his company is under attack from "thieves, con artists, terrorists and hackers.
[September 16, 2003, 8:40]
Ballmer hints at Microsoft's future in the 'cloud'
News During a speech at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver on Tuesday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer didn't quite answer all the questions, but he did promise more news will come sooner rather than later, while also offering a few...
[July 11, 2007, 8:57]
Ballmer: Mod chips threaten Xbox
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said the company may pull its Xbox game console from the Australian market because of a court decision that legitimises "mod chips" for hackers, an Australian newspaper has reported.
[October 22, 2002, 7:49]
Ballmer can't get a fat pipe
News "I can't get cable or DSL to my house," Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer told an audience of Microsoft professionals in London on Monday. One might have thought that someone of Ballmer's stature could afford a leased line on his expense...
[September 24, 2002, 8:45]
Ballmer: Tablets will displace laptops
News Although tablet PCs represent just a sliver of the PC market today, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says the new category could eventually account for one-third of all computers -- by supplanting the laptop.
[November 18, 2002, 14:04]
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 reveals mobile TV smartphone
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer showed off a Windows Mobile smartphone that's designed to display mobile TV at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday. I think with appropriate cleverness on the part of device manufacturers and...
[February 14, 2006, 12:00]
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: 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]
Ballmer should follow Gates out of Microsoft
Leader But by deciding to wind down his role as Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates is turning up the heat under chief executive and long-time intimate Steve Ballmer. But thanks to his infamous Monkey Boy dance and tales of chair-tossing, quite apart from his...
[June 16, 2006, 16:40]
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 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: Innovation key to Microsoft success
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has hit back at claims that the company's dominance of the desktop PC market is no longer in the best interests of consumers. Speaking at the annual Institute of Directors' conference at the Royal Albert Hall...
[April 27, 2006, 10:50]
